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The Bhatnagar Fellowship of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and JC Bose National Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, are gratefully acknowledged.
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Singh, L. The charms of sex chromosomes in snakes. J Biosci 36, 17–21 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-011-9012-6
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