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Linkage of the locus encoding the A chain of α-crystallin (Acry-1) to the major histocompatibility complex in the rat

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  1. Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 27709, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

    Loren C. Skow

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 15261, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Heinz W. Kunz & Thomas J. Gill III

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Skow, L.C., Kunz, H.W. & Gill, T.J. Linkage of the locus encoding the A chain of α-crystallin (Acry-1) to the major histocompatibility complex in the rat. Immunogenetics 22, 291–293 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00404489

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