A DNA-BASED ASSAY IDENTIFIES BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS IN AMPHIBIANS
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Wildlife Diseases
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0090-3558
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-40.3.420