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Differential amphiplasty and the control of ribosomal RNA synthesis
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Differential amphiplasty and the control of ribosomal RNA synthesis

  • H Wallace1 &
  • W H R Langridge2 

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  1. Department of Genetics, University of Birmingham, England

    H Wallace

  2. Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., USA

    W H R Langridge

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This study was initially supported by U.S. Public Health Service Grant GM 14166.

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Wallace, H., Langridge, W. Differential amphiplasty and the control of ribosomal RNA synthesis. Heredity 27, 1–13 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1971.66

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