Gene expression profiling of five salmon louse tissues using microarray
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ORGANISM(S): Lepeophtheirus salmonis
SUBMITTER: Pawel Sztromwasser
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-1339 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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