Preparing for the flood: Evolutionary biology in the age of genomics

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 510-513

  Brown, James R ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001618920     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(96)20082-5     Document Type: Article

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