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The gonadotrophin-releasing hormone receptor maps to sheep Chromosome 6 outside of the region of the FecB locus

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  1. AgResearch Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Biochemistry and the Centre for Gene Research, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    G. W. Montgomery, J. M. Penty & E. A. Lord

  2. MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, 37 Chalmers Street, EH3 9EW, Edinburgh, UK

    J. Brooks & A. S. McNeilly

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Montgomery, G.W., Penty, J.M., Lord, E.A. et al. The gonadotrophin-releasing hormone receptor maps to sheep Chromosome 6 outside of the region of the FecB locus. Mammalian Genome 6, 436–438 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00355648

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