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DNA Dynamics and Chromosome Structure

Does Ribosomal DNA Get Out of the Micronuclear Chromosome in Paramecium tetraurelia by Means of a Rolling Circle?

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Pages 7792-7800 | Received 17 May 1999, Accepted 29 Jul 1999, Published online: 28 Mar 2023

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