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  1. N.K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 117334, Moscow, USSR

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  2. Laboratory of Evolutionary Zoology and Genetics, Institute of Biology and Pedology, Far East Science Centre, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 690022, Vladivostok, USSR

    N. N. Vorontsov, E. A. Lyapunova, Yu. M. Borissov & V. E. Dovgal

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Vorontsov, N.N., Lyapunova, E.A., Borissov, Y.M. et al. Variability of sex chromosomes in mammals. Genetica 52, 361–372 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121845

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