Functional egg immunoglobulins in the snake Elaphe guttata

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-112

  Hassl, Andreas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS;

EID: 15244349445     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568538053693233     Document Type: Note

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