PARASITE-HOST SPECIFICITY: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE BASIS OF PARASITE ADAPTATION
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Parasite-host specificity: experimental studies on the basis of parasite adaptation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Evolution
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0014-3820,1558-5646
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2006.tb01079.x