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Title: Rate variation in the evolution of non-coding DNA associated with social evolution in bees
Award ID(s):
1754476
PAR ID:
10107828
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Volume:
374
Issue:
1777
ISSN:
0962-8436
Page Range / eLocation ID:
20180247
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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