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A New Deletion of Mitochondrial DNA of a BALB/c Mouse

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A large deletion of mitochondrial DNA 7653 bp long has been identified in tissues of the brain, the spleen, the heart, and peripheral blood of a BALB/c male mouse.

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This work was partially carried out at the facilities of the Laboratory of Radiation Molecular Biology, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the author expresses his gratitude to the staff of this laboratory.

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The work was carried out within the framework of state assignment no. 075-00845-20-00.

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Antipova, V.N. A New Deletion of Mitochondrial DNA of a BALB/c Mouse. Russ J Genet 57, 246–249 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795421020022

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