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Genomewide surveys of developmentally relevant genes in Ciona intestinalis

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Satou, Y., Satoh, N. Genomewide surveys of developmentally relevant genes in Ciona intestinalis . Dev Genes Evol 213, 211–212 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00427-003-0330-z

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