Chromosomal location of the major ribosomal RNA genes in Crassostrea virginica and Crassostrea gigas

Veliger

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-83

  Xu, Zhe ^a   Guo, Ximing ^a   Gaffney, Patrick M ^b   Pierce, James C ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

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