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. 1990 Jul;47(1):169.

Polymerase chain reaction-generated heteroduplexes from Ashkenazi Tay-Sachs carriers with an insertion mutation can be detected on agarose gels.

S Shore, R Myerowitz
PMCID: PMC1683743  PMID: 2349947

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