The role of methylation of DNA in environmental adaptation

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 359-372

  Flores, Kevin B ^a   Wolschin, Florian ^b   Amdam, Gro V ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

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EID: 84880878533     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ict019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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