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Comp Funct Genomics. 2003 June; 4(3): 351–352.
doi: 10.1002/cfg.288.
PMCID: PMC2448453
Beenome Soon: Honey Bees as a Model ‘Non-Model’ System for Comparative Genomics
Jay D. Evanscorresponding author1 and Daniel B. Weaver2
1 USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory, BARC-East Building 476, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA,
2 B. Weaver Apiaries Inc., 16481 Lynn Grove Road, Navasota, TX, 77868, USA,
Jay D. Evans, Email: evansj/at/ba.ars.usda.
corresponding authorCorresponding author.
Received January 24, 2003; Revised February 20, 2003; Accepted February 20, 2003.
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