Comparative genomics of insect endosymbionts

Insect Symbiosis

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 39-52

  Tamas, Ivica ^a   Andersson, Siv G E ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 85054950236     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203009918     Document Type: Chapter

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