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Remnants of a DNA polymerase gene in the mitochondrial DNA of Marchantia polymorpha

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Weber, B., Börner, T. & Weihe, A. Remnants of a DNA polymerase gene in the mitochondrial DNA of Marchantia polymorpha . Curr Genet 27, 488–490 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311221

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