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Internal-transcribed-spacer (ITS) sequences used to explore phylogenetic relationships within Leishmania

A. M. R. DávilaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900Rio de Janeiro, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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H. MomenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pages 651-654 | Received 18 May 2000, Accepted 09 Jun 2000, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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