Uniparental disomy and human disease: An overview
β Scribed by Kazuki Yamazawa; Tsutomu Ogata; Anne C. Ferguson-Smith
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 432 KB
- Volume
- 154C
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4868
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