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Fani, R., Brilli, M. & Liò, P. Inference from Proteobacterial Operons Shows Piecewise Organization: A Reply to Price et al.. J Mol Evol 63, 577–580 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-006-0074-2
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