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Growth quantitative trait loci (QTL) on mouse Chromosome 10 in a Quackenbush-Swiss x C57BL/6J backcross

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Collins, A.C., Martin, I.C.A. & Kirkpatrick, B.W. Growth quantitative trait loci (QTL) on mouse Chromosome 10 in a Quackenbush-Swiss x C57BL/6J backcross. Mammalian Genome 4, 454–458 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00296821

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