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Robertsonian translocations in Mus musculus from N.E. Scotland and Orkney
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Robertsonian translocations in Mus musculus from N.E. Scotland and Orkney

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Brooker, P. Robertsonian translocations in Mus musculus from N.E. Scotland and Orkney. Heredity 48, 305–309 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1982.36

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