Genome system architecture and natural genetic engineering in evolution

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 870, Issue , 1999, Pages 23-35

  Shapiro, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032774523     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08862.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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