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Caryologia
International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics
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DNA amount of chicken chromosomes resolved by image cytometry

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Pages 201-206 | Received 26 Mar 2015, Accepted 10 Mar 2016, Published online: 15 Apr 2016

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