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First evidence of miniature transposable elements in sponges (Porifera)

✍ Scribed by Dirk Erpenbeck; Jürgen Schmitz; Gennady Churakov; Dorothée Huchon; Gert Wörheide; Bernard M. Degnan

Book ID
113066641
Publisher
Springer
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
302 KB
Volume
687
Category
Article
ISSN
1573-5141

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