Genetic characterization of a polymorphic dipeptidyl aminopeptidase of Apis mellifera

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Issue		Apidologie Volume 35, Number 5, September-October 2004


Page(s)		513 - 518
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2004038

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