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Research Paper

Dinucleotide (CA)n tandem repeats on the human X-chromosome and the history of the Mediterranean populations

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Pages 72-76 | Received 24 Aug 2017, Accepted 23 Nov 2017, Published online: 30 Jan 2018

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