Endosymbionts of lice

Insect Symbiosis

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 205-220

  Alejandra Perotti, M ^a   Kirkness, Ewen F ^b   Reed, David L ^c   Braig, Henk R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420064117     Document Type: Chapter

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