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- Authors
- Doolittle, W. F., & Sapienza, C.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1980-04
- Volume
- 284
- Issue
- 5757
- Pages
- 601-603
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2048540261
- Cited by
- 1,829
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 202.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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