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Hypothesis for heritable, anti-viral immunity in crustaceans and insects

Timothy W Flegel^1,2,3,4

¹  Center of Excellence for Shrimp Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Centex Shrimp

²  Dept. of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand

³  National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand

⁴  National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand

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Biology Direct 2009, 4:36doi:10.1186/1745-6150-4-36

The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.biology-direct.com/content/4/1/36

Received:	29 September 2009
Accepted:	1 October 2009
Published:	1 October 2009

© 2009 Flegel; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Abstract

Correction to Flegel, TW: Hypothesis for heritable, anti-viral immunity in crustaceans and insects. Biology Direct 2009, 4:32.

Correction

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