Colorful DNA polymorphisms in humans
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Colorful DNA polymorphisms in humans.
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عنوان ژورنال: Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1084-9521
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2013.03.013