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Coming to grips with a complex matter

A multidisciplinary approach to the synaptonemal complex

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  1. Department of Cytology and Genetics, Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, A-1030, Vienna, Austria

    Josef Loidl

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Loidl, J. Coming to grips with a complex matter. Chromosoma 100, 289–292 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00360526

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