The evolutionary ecology of the major histocompatibility complex
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The major histocompatibility complex.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Heredity
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0018-067X,1365-2540
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800724