Genetic, ontogenetic, and tissue-specific variation of aminopeptidases of Apis mellifera

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Issue		Apidologie Volume 32, Number 1, January-February 2001


Page(s)		25 - 35
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2001106

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