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Identification of novel functional variants of the melanocortin 1 receptor gene originated from Asians

✍ Scribed by Kazuhiro Nakayama; Augustinus Soemantri; Feng Jin; Bumbein Dashnyam; Ryutaro Ohtsuka; Phaibool Duanchang; Mohd Nizam Isa; Wannapa Settheetham-Ishida; Shinji Harihara; Takafumi Ishida

Publisher
Springer
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
340 KB
Volume
119
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-6717

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