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ROWLANDS1 reported that the Zoological Society of London was establishing a “Gene Bank” composed of some rare breeds of domesticated animals which were in danger of becoming extinct. We therefore took the opportunity of investigating the blood groups of some of the sheep which were to form the nucleus of the “Gene Bank” sheep flocks.
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TUCKER, E. Blood Group Studies of the “Gene Bank” Sheep at Whipsnade Park. Nature 216, 684–685 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216684b0
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