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Codon usage and gene organization inBrugia

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  1. Martin P. Hammond

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica

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Hammond, M.P. Codon usage and gene organization inBrugia . Parasitol Res 80, 173–175 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00933788

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