Pathogen-Driven Selection and Worldwide HLA Class I Diversity
✍ Scribed by Franck Prugnolle; Andrea Manica; Marie Charpentier; Jean François Guégan; Vanina Guernier; François Balloux
- Book ID
- 113559459
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 241 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0960-9822
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