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Genetics
Richard Robinson

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Volume ISBN Numbers

0-02-865607-5 (Volume 1)

0-02-865608-3 (Volume 2)

0-02-865609-1 (Volume 3)

0-02-865610-5 (Volume 4)

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Genetics / Richard Robinson, editor in chief.

p. ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-02-865606-7 (set : hd.)

1. Genetics—Encyclopedias.
[DNLM: 1. Genetics—Encyclopedias—English. 2. Genetic Diseases, Inborn—Encyclopedias—English. 3. Genetic
Techniques—Encyclopedias—English. 4. Molecular
Biology—Encyclopedias—English. QH 427 G328 2003] I. Robinson, Richard, 1956-

QH427 .G46 2003

576'.03—dc21

2002003560

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