Good things in small packages: The tiny genomes of chlorarachniophyte endosymbionts

BioEssays

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-173

  Gilson, Paul R ^a   McFadden, Geoffrey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0031081427     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950190212     Document Type: Review

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