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Somatic antigen diversity in the genus Salmonella as a genetic polymorphism
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Somatic antigen diversity in the genus Salmonella as a genetic polymorphism

  • R W Hedges1 

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Hedges, R. Somatic antigen diversity in the genus Salmonella as a genetic polymorphism. Heredity 27, 347–351 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1971.99

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