Mechanisms of trinucleotide repeat instability during human development
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McMurray, C. T. (2010). Mechanisms of trinucleotide repeat instability during human development. Nature Reviews Genetics, 11(11), 786–799.

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  1. Cynthia T. McMurray (first)
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@article{McMurray_2010, title={Mechanisms of trinucleotide repeat instability during human development}, volume={11}, ISSN={1471-0064}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrg2828}, DOI={10.1038/nrg2828}, number={11}, journal={Nature Reviews Genetics}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={McMurray, Cynthia T.}, year={2010}, month=oct, pages={786–799} }