Recombination Enhances Protein Adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster

@article{Presgraves2005RecombinationEP,
  title={Recombination Enhances Protein Adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster},
  author={Daven C Presgraves},
  journal={Current Biology},
  year={2005},
  volume={15},
  pages={1651-1656}
}
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