Platypus immunoglobulin m & the divergence of the two extant Monotreme lineages

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-94

  Belov, Katherine ^a   Hellman, Lars ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

IgM; Immunoglobulin evolution; Marsupionta; Monotreme; Platypus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141950534     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am03087     Document Type: Article

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