Gene Location and Bacterial Sequence Divergence
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Gene location and bacterial sequence divergence.
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology and Evolution
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1537-1719,0737-4038
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004196