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High occurrence of mitochondrial heteroplasmy in nepalese indigenous sheep (Ovis aries) compared to chinese sheep

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Pages 2645-2647 | Received 05 Mar 2015, Accepted 12 Apr 2015, Published online: 18 Jun 2015

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