Positive Selection of Iris, a Retroviral Envelope–Derived Host Gene in Drosophila melanogaster
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Positive Selection of Iris, a Retroviral Envelope–Derived Host Gene in Drosophila melanogaster
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Genetics
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1553-7404
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0010044