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Hilliker, C., Overbergh, L., Petit, P. et al. Assignment of mouse α-2-macroglobulin gene to Chromosome 6 band F1-G3. Mammalian Genome 3, 469–471 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00356160
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