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Yeon-Hwa Kim1, Jimin Kim2, Hyung-Sook Yoon1

  • 1Division of Applied Life Sciences (BK21 Plus program), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea ; Department of Animal Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea .

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