Isolation and mapping of a polymorphic DNA sequence pH30 on chromosome 4[HGM provisional no. D4S139].
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SUBMITTER: Milner EC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC317900 | biostudies-literature | 1989 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Isolation and mapping of a polymorphic DNA sequence pH30 on chromosome 4[HGM provisional no. D4S139].
Milner E C EC Lotshaw C L CL Willems van Dijk K K Charmley P P Concannon P P Schroeder H W HW
Nucleic acids research 19890501 10
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