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Is there a Viral Component in the Genetic Background?

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Certain common skeletal differences between substrains of inbred mice might best be explained as consequences of interactions between the mice and extranuclear entities such as viruses.

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    HANS GRÜNEBERG

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GRÜNEBERG, H. Is there a Viral Component in the Genetic Background?. Nature 225, 39–41 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225039a0

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