Evolutionary divergence in human versus mouse innate immune gene regulation and function

Evolutionary Biology: Genome Evolution, Speciation, Coevolution and Origin of Life

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 115-155

  Kapetanovic, Ronan ^a   Ariffin, Juliana K ^a   Sweet, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84948092003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-07623-2_6     Document Type: Chapter

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