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Chimp to Human Chromosome Fusion
(Fan,
Linardopoulou et al. 2002; Linardopoulou,
Williams et al. 2005; Kehrer-Sawatzki
and Cooper 2007; Kehrer-Sawatzki
and Cooper 2008; Ventura,
Catacchio et al. 2012).
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Y., E. Linardopoulou, et al. (2002). "Genomic structure and
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12421751.
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Linardopoulou,
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