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Evolutionary appearance of mononucleotide repeats in the coding sequences of four genes in primates

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  1. Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    John Richard Chaillet

  2. Department of Genetic Medicine and development, Geneva University Medical School 1, Michel-Servet, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland

    Ariane Paoloni-Giacobino

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Paoloni-Giacobino, A., Chaillet, J.R. Evolutionary appearance of mononucleotide repeats in the coding sequences of four genes in primates. J Genet 86, 279–283 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-007-0036-5

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