Focus numts and mitochondrial pseudogenes

Myrmecological News

Volumn 12, Issue , 2009, Pages 217-218

  Beckenbach, Andrew T ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 67650473169     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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