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Specific Chromomeres on the Chicken W Lampbrush Chromosome Contain Specific Repetitive DNA Sequence Families

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Specific Chromomeres on the Chicken W Lampbrush Chromosome Contain Specific Repetitive DNA Sequence Families. Chromosome Res 6, 323–327 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009279025959

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