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The Causes of Molecular Evolution. By John H. Gillespie. Oxford University Press. 1992. 336 pages. Price £25.00. ISBN 0 19 506883 1.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Nick Barton
Nick Barton
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Institute of Cell, Animal and Population BiologyUniversity of EdinburghWest Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland

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Genetics Research , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , August 1993 , pp. 77 - 79
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