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. 1969 Mar;33(1):99–157. doi: 10.1128/br.33.1.99-157.1969

Phycomyces.

K Bergman, P V Burke, E Cerdá-Olmedo, C N David, M Delbrück, K W Foster, E W Goodell, M Heisenberg, G Meissner, M Zalokar, D S Dennison, W Shropshire Jr
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