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The organization and inheritance of the mitochondrial genome

Xin Jie Chen1, Ronald A Butow

  • 1Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-9148, USA.

Nature Reviews. Genetics
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