Genetic approaches to identifying QTL and modifiers of hereditary ocular phenotypes

Systematic Evaluation of the Mouse Eye: Anatomy, Pathology, and Biomethods

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 81-91

  Naggert, Juergen K ^a   Nishina, Patsy M ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

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