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Deoxyribonucleic Acid and the Molecular Basis of Self-Duplication

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COMMONER, B. Deoxyribonucleic Acid and the Molecular Basis of Self-Duplication. Nature 203, 486–491 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203486a0

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