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Unzip your genes quiz
Great fun - we've covered this over at Genome Engineering http://www.genome-engineering.com/unzip-your-genes.html
Unzip your genes test
I looked forward to this quiz, but every time I hit the launch button for the test it took me back to the introduction page.
There may be a gremlin in the works.
Thought you might like to know.
Regards
Simon
Hi Simon - many thanks for
Hi Simon - many thanks for this, our tecnical team are investigating.
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