Scrambled and not-so-tiny genomes of fungal endosymbionts.
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SUBMITTER: Kuo CH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4485144 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
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Scrambled and not-so-tiny genomes of fungal endosymbionts.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20150608 25
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