Patterns of Diversity and Spatial Variability of β-Defensin Innate Immune Genes in a Declining Wild Population of

Clarence Schmitt1, Dany Garant1, Kathy Doyon1

  • 1From the Département de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Québec, CanadaJ1K 2R1.

The Journal of Heredity
|February 11, 2017
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