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Genes in pieces: were they ever together?
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Metadata
- Authors
- Doolittle, W. F.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1978-04
- Volume
- 272
- Issue
- 5654
- Pages
- 581-582
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2083209401
- Cited by
- 438
- References
- 22
- FWCI
- 24.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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