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Okumura, SI., Kimura, K., Sakai, M. et al. Chromosome number and telomere sequence mapping of the Japanese sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus . Fish Sci 75, 249–251 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-008-0025-5
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