DOI: 10.1038/272581a0. Genes in pieces: were they ever together?

Genes in pieces: were they ever together?

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Doolittle, W. F. (1978). Genes in pieces: were they ever together? Nature, 272(5654), 581â582.

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W. Ford Doolittle (first)

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