Fuzzy species revisited

BMC Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hanage, William P ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENOMICS; NEISSERIA; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; GENOMICS; NEISSERIA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876344575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-11-41     Document Type: Article

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