Paratransgenesis in termites

Insect Symbiosis

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 361-376

  Husseneder, Claudia ^a   Collier, Rachael E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420064117     Document Type: Chapter

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