Distribution of transposable elements in prokaryotes
β Scribed by Stanley Sawyer; Daniel Hartl
- Book ID
- 116071911
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 859 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-5809
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