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Controlling elements and mutable loci in maize: Their relationship to bacterial episomes

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Peterson, P.A. Controlling elements and mutable loci in maize: Their relationship to bacterial episomes. Genetica 41, 33–56 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00958892

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