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Genetic monitoring detects an overlooked cryptic species and reveals the diversity and distribution of three invasive Rattus congeners in south Africa

Armanda D Bastos, Deenadayalan Nair, Peter J Taylor, Helene Brettschneider, Frikkie Kirsten, Elmarie Mostert, Emil von Maltitz, Jennifer M Lamb, Pim van Hooft, Steven R Belmain, Giancarlo Contrafatto, Sarah Downs, Christian T Chimimba BMC Genetics 2011, 12:26 (16 February 2011)

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Optimized diffusion of buck semen for saving genetic variability in selected dairy goat populations

Jean-Jacques Colleau, Virginie Clément, Pierre Martin, Isabelle Palhière BMC Genetics 2011, 12:25 (9 February 2011)

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Association and haplotype analysis of candidate genes in five genomic regions linked to sow maternal infanticide in a white Duroc × Erhualian resource population

Congying Chen, Zhuqing Yang, Yanying Li, Na Wei, Pinghua Li, Yuanmei Guo, Jun Ren, Nengshui Ding, Lusheng Huang BMC Genetics 2011, 12:24 (9 February 2011)

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Genetic diversity of Phytophthora infestans in the Northern Andean region

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Myostatin-2 gene structure and polymorphism of the promoter and first intron in the marine fish Sparus aurata: evidence for DNA duplications and/or translocations

Elisabeth Nadjar-Boger, Bruria Funkenstein BMC Genetics 2011, 12:22 (1 February 2011)

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