Evolution: Bringing molecules into the fold

Cell

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-11

  Morris, Simon Conway ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034614489     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81679-7     Document Type: Review

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