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Founder effect and genetic disease in Sottunga, Finland

✍ Scribed by Elizabeth O'Brien; L. B. Jorde; Björn Rönnlöf; Johan O. Fellman; Aldur W. Eriksson

Book ID
102705509
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1988
Tongue
English
Weight
943 KB
Volume
77
Category
Article
ISSN
0002-9483

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