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Original Articles

Low copulatory activity in selectively bred Sardinian alcohol-nonpreferring (sNP) relative to alcohol-preferring (sP) rats

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Pages 181-189 | Received 17 Dec 2014, Accepted 16 Jan 2015, Published online: 02 Mar 2015

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