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The sex-linked dwarf gene in the broiler chicken industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

P. Merat
P. Merat
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Laboratoire de Génétique Factorielle, I.N.R.A.-C.N.R.Z., F 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, (France)
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , February 1984 , pp. 10 - 18
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