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Relationships Between Genes Affecting Melanin Pigmentation and Other Traits in the Fowl*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

J. Robert Smyth Jr.
J. Robert Smyth Jr.
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Department of Veterinary and Animal SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass.
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 1969 , pp. 6 - 14
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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