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Role of genetic drift in the high frequency of Tay-Sachs disease among Ashkenazic Jews

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Book ID: 115248827
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1979
Tongue: English
Weight: 289 KB
Volume: 43
Category: Article
ISSN: 0003-4800
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1979.tb02005.x

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