evolutionary mechanisms in African trypanosome species
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Anderson, J., Brown, R., Browne, H., Corton, N., Hauser, H., Gamble, J., Gilderthorp, R., Marcello, L., McQuillan, J., Otto, T.D., Quail, M.A., Sanders, M.J., van Tonder, A., Ginger, M.L., Field, M.C., Barry, J.D., Hertz-Fowler, C., and Berriman, M. (2012) Antigenic diversity is generated by distinct evolutionary mechanisms in African trypanosome species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ISSN 00278424
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