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Dietary Sterol Preference in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori

Shinji NAGATADepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Yukie OMORIDepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Hiromichi NAGASAWADepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Pages 3094-3098 | Received 20 Oct 2006, Accepted 06 Nov 2006, Published online: 22 May 2014

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