Epigenetic mechanisms in mammals and their effects on cloning procedures

Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis

Volumn 9789048127702, Issue , 2009, Pages 559-579

  Loi, Pasqualino ^a   Ptak, Grazyna ^a   Feil, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

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EID: 79955607971     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2770-2_26     Document Type: Chapter

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