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The consequences of localised chromosome breakage
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The consequences of localised chromosome breakage

  • John McLeish1 

Heredity volume 8, pages 385–407 (1954)Cite this article

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McLeish, J. The consequences of localised chromosome breakage. Heredity 8, 385–407 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1954.41

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