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Soluble MHC antigens and olfactory recognition of genetic individuality: the mechanism

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  1. Anglia Polytechnic University, East Rd., Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK

    Rachael Pearse‐pratt & Bruce Roser

  2. Psychology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, B3H 4J1, Canada

    Heather Schellinck & Richard Brown

  3. The Babraham Institute, Babraham, Cambridge, CB2 4AT, UK

    Prim B. Singh

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Pearse‐pratt, R., Schellinck, H., Brown, R. et al. Soluble MHC antigens and olfactory recognition of genetic individuality: the mechanism. Genetica 104, 223–230 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026489524199

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