Foresight in genome evolution

American Scientist

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 234-241

  Caporale, Lynn Helena ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENOME; MUTATION;

EID: 0038547749     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2003.3.234     Document Type: Article

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