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13th International Chromosome Conference

8–12 September 1998, Ancona, Italy

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Centromeres and telomeres

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Other topics

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13th International Chromosome Conference. Chromosome Res 4, 404–406 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02257278

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