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Directional evolution in germline microsatellite mutations

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  1. Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala Biomedical Centre, Box 597, S-75124, Uppsala, Sweden

    Craig R. Primmer & Hans Ellegren

  2. Dipartimento diBiologia, Sez. Zoologia Scienze Naturali, Universita diMilano, Via Celoria26, 1-20133, Milan, Italy

    Nicola Saino

  3. Lab. d'Ecologie, CNRS URA258, Universite'Pierre et Marie Curie, Bat. A, 7eme etage, 7quai St. Bernard, Case 237, F-75252, Paris, Cedex 05, France

    Anders Pape Møller

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