Genome evolution: Horizontal movements in the fungi

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Richards, Thomas A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79951733484     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.01.028     Document Type: Short Survey

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