Molecular evolution of the Cecropin multigene family in Drosophila. functional genes vs. pseudogenes.

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Published in Genetics on September 01, 1998

Authors

S Ramos-Onsins1, M Aguadé

Author Affiliations

1: Departament de Genètica, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08071 Barcelona, Spain.

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