Grand challenges in organismal biology

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-14

  Schwenk, Kurt ^a   Padilla, Dianna K ^b   Bakken, George S ^c   Full, Robert J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 67749101878     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icp034     Document Type: Article

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