Chromatin Diminution in Cyclops kolensis (Copepoda, Crustacea) Is a Unique Example of Genetic Engineering in Nature

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 424-430

  Grishanin, A K ^a   Khudolii, G A ^c   Shaikhaev, G O ^c   Brodskii, V Ya ^b   Makarov, V B ^c   Akif'ev, A P ^c  

^a PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

^b KOL TSOV INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c SEMENOV INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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