Meiotic recombination in schizosaccharomyces pombe: A paradigm for genetic and molecular analysis

Genome Dynamics and Stability

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 195-230

  Cromie, Gareth ^a   Smith, Gerald R ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

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EID: 48649098128     PISSN: 18613373     EISSN: 18613381     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7050_2007_025     Document Type: Article

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