Containment of extended length polymorphisms in silk proteins.

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Published in J Mol Evol on March 27, 2010

Authors

Alberto Chinali1, Wolfram Vater, Baerbel Rudakoff, Alexander Sponner, Eberhard Unger, Frank Grosse, Karl-Heinz Guehrs, Klaus Weisshart

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1: Leibniz Institute for Age Research-Fritz Lipmann Institute, Beutenbergstrasse 11, 07745 Jena, Germany.

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