Marine environmental genomics: Unlocking the ocean's secrets

Oceanography

Volumn 20, Issue SPL.ISS. 2, 2007, Pages 56-61

  Edwards, Robert A ^a,b   Dinsdale, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84860168244     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2007.48     Document Type: Article

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