A Case Of Convergence: Why Did a Simple Alternative to Canonical Antibodies Arise in Sharks and Camels?
Open Access
- 2 August 2011
- journal article
- unsolved mystery
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Biology
- Vol. 9 (8), e1001120
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001120
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