A whole‐genome duplication (
Across insect genomes, the size of the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10043606
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Molecular Ecology
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- 21
- ISSN:
- 0962-1083
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 6021-6035
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- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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