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What history tells us XXXVIII. Resurrection of a transient forgotten model of gene action

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Morange, M. What history tells us XXXVIII. Resurrection of a transient forgotten model of gene action. J Biosci 40, 473–476 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-015-9539-z

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