Evidence for Nonindependent Evolution of Adjacent Microsatellites in the Human Genome
β Scribed by Miguel A. Varela; William Amos
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 330 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-2844
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