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Short Communication

Known loci in the KIT and TYR genes do not explain the depigmented white coat colour of Austro-Hungarian Baroque donkey

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Pages 739-743 | Received 12 May 2020, Accepted 26 Jun 2020, Published online: 11 Jul 2020

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