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Perspectives for Poultry Genetics in the Age of Molecular Biology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

B. L. Sheldon
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C.S.I.R.O. Genetics Research Laboratories, North Ryde, N.S.W. 2113, Australia.
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