The host acts as a genetic bottleneck during serial infections: an insect-fungal model system.

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Published in Curr Genet on August 08, 2006

Authors

Lisa R Scully1, Michael J Bidochka

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, ONT, Canada.

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