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Identification and characterization of circadian clock genes in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum
Article first published online: 23 FEB 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00931.x
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Insect Molecular Biology
Special Issue: The Aphid Genome
Volume 19, Issue Supplement s2, pages 123–139, March 2010
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Cortés, T., Ortiz-Rivas, B. and Martínez-Torres, D. (2010), Identification and characterization of circadian clock genes in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Insect Molecular Biology, 19: 123–139. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00931.x
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