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This study was supported by Iran national science foundation (INSF). We wish to thank M. Jafari, manager of Abbasabad sheep breeding station, Mashhad, Iran, for providing the data and samples.
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[Gholizadeh M., Rahimi-Mianji G. and Nejati-Javaremi A. 2015 Genomewide association study of body weight traits in Baluchi sheep. J. Genet. 94, xx–xx]
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GHOLIZADEH, M., RAHIMI-MIANJI, G. & NEJATI-JAVAREMI, A. Genomewide association study of body weight traits in Baluchi sheep. J Genet 94, 143–146 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-015-0469-1
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