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Origins of sex

LYNN MARGULIS and DORIAN SAGAN, Yale University Press, 13 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JF, UK, 1986. Price: $35.00

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  • Origins of Sex by LYNN MARGULIS and DORIAN SAGAN. Yale University Press, 13 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JF, UK, 1986. Price: $35.00.

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Bell, G. Origins of sex. J. Genet. 67, 63–66 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02927739

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