Sex-specific effects of maternal immunization on yolk
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Supplementary data ml http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/suppl/2010/07/26/rsbl.2010.0549.DC1.ht "Data Supplement" References http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/7/1/50.full.html#ref-list-1 This article cites 16 articles, 5 of which can be accessed free Subject collections (391 articles) health and disease and epidemiology (2074 articles) ecology Articles on similar topics can be found in the following collections
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