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Complete mitochondrial genome of the giant African snail, Achatina fulica (Mollusca: Achatinidae): a novel location of putative control regions (CR) in the mitogenome within Pulmonate species

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Pages 1084-1085 | Received 27 Apr 2014, Accepted 01 Jun 2014, Published online: 30 Jun 2014

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