Wolbachia genomics: Accelerating our understanding of a pervasive symbiosis

Insect Symbiosis

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 175-186

  Brownlie, Jeremy C ^a   O’Neill, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 49749111793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420005936     Document Type: Chapter

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