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. 1997 Sep;9(9):1509–1514. doi: 10.1105/tpc.9.9.1509

Do Plants Have a One-Way Ticket to Genomic Obesity?

J L Bennetzen, E A Kellogg
PMCID: PMC157029  PMID: 12237393

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