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Identification of 16 Chicken Microchromosomes by Molecular Markers Using Two-colour Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)

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Identification of 16 Chicken Microchromosomes by Molecular Markers Using Two-colour Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH). Chromosome Res 6, 307–313 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009274925051

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