Host benefit and the evolution of specialization in symbiosis
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- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 46 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0018-067X
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