Developmental genetics

The Genetics of the Pig: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 263-305

  Dyck, Michael ^a   Ruvinsky, Anatoly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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