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. 1966 Sep;54(3):819–834. doi: 10.1093/genetics/54.3.819

A Molecular Explanation of the Bobbed Mutants of Drosophila as Partial Deficiencies of "Ribosomal" DNA

F M Ritossa 1, K C Atwood 1, S Spiegelman 1
PMCID: PMC1211204  PMID: 5970623

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