Articles | Volume 62, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-62-509-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-62-509-2019
Original study
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13 Aug 2019
Original study |  | 13 Aug 2019

Variation in KRTAP6-1 affects wool fibre diameter in New Zealand Romney ewes

Wenhao Li, Hua Gong, Huitong Zhou, Jiqing Wang, Shaobin Li, Xiu Liu, Yuzhu Luo, and Jon G. H. Hickford

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