Genome evolution: Are microsatellites really simple sequences?

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages

  Schlötterer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

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EID: 0032510099     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70989-3     Document Type: Article

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