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Peters, A.H., Plug, A.W., van Vugt, M.J. et al. SHORT COMMUNICATIONS A drying-down technique for the spreading of mammalian meiocytes from the male and female germline. Chromosome Res 5, 66–68 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018445520117
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