Age-specific variation in immune response in Drosophila melanogaster has a genetic basis.
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ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
PROVIDER: GSE37708 | GEO | 2012/05/03
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA163089
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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