The robustness of naturally and artificially selected nucleic acid secondary structures.

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Published in J Mol Evol on June 01, 2004

Authors

Lauren Ancel Meyers1, Jennifer F Lee, Matthew Cowperthwaite, Andrew D Ellington

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C0930, Austin, TX 78712, USA. ancel@mail.utexas.edu

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