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Heritable variation to gastrointestinal nematodes in an unmanaged mammal population. / Smith, J. A.; Wilson, Kenneth; Pilkington, J. G. et al.
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol. 266, No. 1425, 22.06.1999, p. 1283-1290.

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Smith, JA, Wilson, K, Pilkington, JG & Pemberton, JM 1999, 'Heritable variation to gastrointestinal nematodes in an unmanaged mammal population.', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 266, no. 1425, pp. 1283-1290. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1999.0776

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Smith, J. A., Wilson, K., Pilkington, J. G., & Pemberton, J. M. (1999). Heritable variation to gastrointestinal nematodes in an unmanaged mammal population. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 266(1425), 1283-1290. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1999.0776

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Smith JA, Wilson K, Pilkington JG, Pemberton JM. Heritable variation to gastrointestinal nematodes in an unmanaged mammal population. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 1999 Jun 22;266(1425):1283-1290. doi: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0776

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Smith, J. A. ; Wilson, Kenneth ; Pilkington, J. G. et al. / Heritable variation to gastrointestinal nematodes in an unmanaged mammal population. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 1999 ; Vol. 266, No. 1425. pp. 1283-1290.

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