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Research Article

First molecular evidence of Mus musculus bactrianus in Nepal inferred from the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome B gene sequences

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Pages 561-566 | Received 16 Feb 2017, Accepted 16 Apr 2017, Published online: 19 May 2017

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