Anecdotal, historical and critical commentaries on genetics reassessing forty years of genetic doctrine: Retrotransfer and conjugation

Genetics

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 543-549

  Ankenbauer, Robert G ^a,b  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; HISTORY;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY;

EID: 0031091825     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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