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Cytosine Methylation is Not Involved in the Heterochromatization of the Paternal Genome of Mealybug Planococcus citri

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    G. Buglia, V. Predazzi & M. Ferraro

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Buglia, G., Predazzi, V. & Ferraro, M. Cytosine Methylation is Not Involved in the Heterochromatization of the Paternal Genome of Mealybug Planococcus citri. Chromosome Res 7, 71–73 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009231529635

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