Transcription profiling of salmon lice during post molting maturation and egg production
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ORGANISM(S): Lepeophtheirus salmonis
SUBMITTER: Christiane Eichner
PROVIDER: E-BASE-5 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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