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A recessive lethal super-suppressor mutation in yeast and other ψ phenomena
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A recessive lethal super-suppressor mutation in yeast and other ψ phenomena

  • B S Cox1 

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Cox, B. A recessive lethal super-suppressor mutation in yeast and other ψ phenomena. Heredity 26, 211–230 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1971.28

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