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. 1967 Feb;57(2):353–358. doi: 10.1073/pnas.57.2.353

SOMATIC RECOMBINATION OF DUPLICATED GENES: AN HYPOTHESIS ON THE ORIGIN OF ANTIBODY DIVERSITY*

G M Edelman 1, J A Gally 1
PMCID: PMC335513  PMID: 16591477

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