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Evolutionary biology: Mitochondrial DNA: new clues about evolution

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Barton, N., Jones, J. Evolutionary biology: Mitochondrial DNA: new clues about evolution. Nature 306, 317–318 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/306317a0

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