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Unravelling the genetic basis for skeletal muscle mitochondrial DNA copy number variations in pigs

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YEF1000601).

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Yang, J., Cui, L., Zhang, Y. et al. Unravelling the genetic basis for skeletal muscle mitochondrial DNA copy number variations in pigs. Sci. China Life Sci. 67, 211–214 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-022-2397-1

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