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. 1995 Jun 20;92(13):5761–5764. doi: 10.1073/pnas.92.13.5761

Archaea: narrowing the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

P J Keeling 1, W F Doolittle 1
PMCID: PMC41580  PMID: 7597025

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