The anopheles mosquito: Genomics and transformation

Malaria: Molecular and Clinical Aspects

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 121-151

  Zheng, Liangbiao ^a,b   Kafatos, Fotis C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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