Wolbachia as a vehicle to modify insect populations

Insect Transgenesis: Methods and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 271-287

  Sinkins, Steven P ^a   O’Neill, Scott L ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 85064101655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420039399     Document Type: Chapter

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