DNA segregation: Putting chromosomes in their place

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 25, 1998, Pages

  Gordon, G Scott ^a   Wright, Andrew ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0032585564     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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