Comparative genomics and transcriptomics of lactation

Evolutionary Biology - Concepts, Molecular and Morphological Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 115-132

  Lefèvre, Christophe M ^a,b,c   Menzies, Karensa ^a,b   Sharp, Julie A ^a,b   Nicholas, Kevin R ^a,b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84900186592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12340-5_7     Document Type: Chapter

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