Evolution of reproductive-immune interactions

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1060-1071

  Lutton, Bram ^a   Callard, Ian ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750956180     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icl050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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