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. 1995 Jun;177(12):3361–3369. doi: 10.1128/jb.177.12.3361-3369.1995

Physical mapping of bacterial genomes.

M Fonstein 1, R Haselkorn 1
PMCID: PMC177037  PMID: 7768844

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