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Polyploidy, Liver, Rat

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Polyploidy cannot be observed grossly.

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van Zwieten, M.J., Hollander, C.F. (1985). Polyploidy, Liver, Rat. In: Jones, T.C., Mohr, U., Hunt, R.D. (eds) Digestive System. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96910-2_13

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