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Mitochondrial Genomes of Excavata

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  1. Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences, and Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 31, 37005, České Budĕjovice, Czech Republic

    Julius Lukeš

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  1. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

    Robert D. Wells

  2. Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA

    Judith S. Bond

  3. University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Judith Klinman

  4. University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Bettie Sue Siler Masters

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Lukeš, J. (2018). Mitochondrial Genomes of Excavata. In: Wells, R.D., Bond, J.S., Klinman, J., Masters, B.S.S. (eds) Molecular Life Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1531-2_118

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