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Short Communication. Whole-Arm Reciprocal Translocation (WART) in a Feral Population of Mice

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  1. Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo, Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’, via A. Borelli 50, I–00161, Roma (, Italy

    Riccardo Castiglia & Ernesto Capanna

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Castiglia, R., Capanna, E. Short Communication. Whole-Arm Reciprocal Translocation (WART) in a Feral Population of Mice. Chromosome Res 7, 493–495 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009206131364

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