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. 1997 Sep;61(3):768–771.

The genetic clock and the age of the founder effect in growing populations: a lesson from French Canadians and Ashkenazim.

D Labuda, E Zietkiewicz, M Labuda
PMCID: PMC1715935  PMID: 9326343

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