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Genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus by Ribosomal Spacer PCR (RS-PCR)
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Association analysis of bovine bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein gene polymorphisms with somatic cell
E E Connor1, L K Matukumalli, A Chockalingam
1Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA. erin.connor@ars.usda.gov
Animal Genetics
|May 22, 2008
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