The genome of paramecium caudatum: Analysis by means of pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Genetika

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1643-1650

  Potekhin, A A ^a   Rautian, M S ^b   Brigge, T ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

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