Sequence diversity of major histo-compatibility complex class II DQA1 in Indian Tharparkar cattle: novel alleles and

Nihar R Sahoo1, Pushpendra Kumar1, Mohd F Khan1

  • 1Central Instrumentation Facility, Division of Animal Genetics, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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|March 15, 2019
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