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[Genetic co-adaptability among structural genes under the condition of genetic disequilibrium]

Qing-Jie Pan1, Xiao-Lin Li, Ling-Jiang Min

  • 1Animal Science Center, Heilongjiang Academy of Agriculture Science, Harbin 150086, China.

Yi Chuan = Hereditas
|June 6, 2007
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