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Roles of Centromeres and Kinetochores in Meiosis

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Marston, A.L. (2009). Roles of Centromeres and Kinetochores in Meiosis. In: De Wulf, P., Earnshaw, W. (eds) The Kinetochore:. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-69076-6_13

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