International Glossina Genome Initiative 2004–2014: A Driver for Post-Genomic Era Research on the African Continent
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1 South African Medical Research Council Bioinformatics Unit, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa, 2 Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Unit, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya, 3 The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, United Kingdom, 4 Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 5 Vector, Environment and Society Unit, Tropical Diseases Research (TDR), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 6 Yale School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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دوره 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014