Role of microorganisms in adaptation, development, and evolution of animals and plants: The hologenome concept

The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 347-358

  Rosenberg, Eugene ^a   Zilber Rosenberg, Ilana ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Independant Scholar ^*  (Israel)

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EID: 84929042637     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30194-0_117     Document Type: Chapter

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