Molecular evolution of disrupted transfer RNA genes and their introns in Archaea

Evolutionary Biology: Exobiology and Evolutionary Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 181-193

  Kanai, Akio ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84898031575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38212-3_12     Document Type: Chapter

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