The rat: An experimental animal in search of a genetic map

Folia Biologica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 175-226

  Szpirer, C ^a   Szpirer, J ^a   Klinga Levan, K ^b   Stahl, F ^b   Levan, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CYTOGENETICS; DATA BASE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029810470     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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