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We are thankful to Director, ICAR-CIRC for providing necessary facilities to conduct the work. We also acknowledge Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India, for providing financial support under the project YSS/2014/000279 to RD. We are also thankful to the Military Farm, Meerut, India, for providing the animals used in the present experiment.
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DEB, R., SAJJANAR, B., SINGH, U. et al. Cytosine deletion at AP2-box region of HSP70 promoter and its influence on semen quality traits in crossbred bulls. J Genet 95, 1035–1038 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-016-0727-x
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