The Burmese python genome reveals the molecular basis for extreme adaptation in snakes

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2013-12-02

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1314475110PMID 24297902PMCID PMC3870669
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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