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Extreme heterogeneity of minor satellite repeat arrays in inbred strains of mice

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Aker, M., Huang, H.V. Extreme heterogeneity of minor satellite repeat arrays in inbred strains of mice. Mammalian Genome 7, 62–64 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003359900015

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