sushi that pose a health risk to consumers DNA barcodes reveal species - specific mercury levels in tuna
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Supplementary data ml http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/suppl/2010/04/13/rsbl.2010.0156.DC1.ht "Data Supplement" References #ref-list-1 http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/04/13/rsbl.2010.0156.full.html This article cites 16 articles, 1 of which can be accessed free P<P Published online 21 April 2010 in advance of the print journal. This article is free to access Subject collections (243 articles) health and disease and epidemiology (314 articles) environmental science (237 articles) molecular biology Articles on similar topics can be found in the following collections
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DNA barcodes reveal species-specific mercury levels in tuna sushi that pose a health risk to consumers
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