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Length variation of CAG repeats in Sry across populations of Mus domesticus

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Miller, K.E., Lundrigan, B.L. & Tucker, P.K. Length variation of CAG repeats in Sry across populations of Mus domesticus . Mammalian Genome 6, 206–208 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00293015

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