Dynamics of telomere length variation in tetrahymena thermophila

Drena D. Larson; Elizabeth A. Spangler; Elizabeth H. Blackburn

doi:10.1016/0092-8674(87)90501-0

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TetrahymenaBiologyTelomereVariation (astronomy)GeneticsEvolutionary biologyCell biologyDNA

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Year: 1987
Type: article
Volume: 50
Issue: 3
Pages: 477-483
Citations: 129
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                                    Drena D. Larson, 
                                
                                    Elizabeth A. Spangler, 
                                
                                    Elizabeth H. Blackburn
                                
                            (1987). 
                            Dynamics of telomere length variation in tetrahymena thermophila. 
                            Cell
                            , 50
                            (3)
                            , 477-483.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(87)90501-0

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DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(87)90501-0