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Amino acid racemization in amber-entombed insects: Implications for DNA preservation

✍ Scribed by Jeffrey L. Bada; Xueyun S. Wang; Hendrik N. Poinar; Svante Pääbo; George O. Poinar


Book ID
118886924
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
488 KB
Volume
58
Category
Article
ISSN
0016-7037

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