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High sequence identity between the SRY HMG box from humans and insectivores

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  1. Departamento de Biología Experimental y Ciencias de la Salud, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Jaén, Paraje las Lagunillas S/N, E-23071, Jaén, Spain

    A. Sánchez

  2. Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Fuentenueva S/N, E-18071, Granada, Spain

    M. Bullejos, M. Burgos, R. Jiménez & R. Díaz de la Guardia

  3. Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Córdoba, Avda. de S. Alberto Magno S/N, E-14071, Córdoba, Spain

    C. Hera

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The nucleotide sequences data reported in this paper have been submitted to GenBank and have been assigned the accession numbers: X90843, Talpa occidentalis; X90863, Talpa romana; X95595, Talpa europaea; X90864, Neomis anomalus; X90865, Crocidura suaveolens; X90866, Erinaceus algirus.

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Sánchez, A., Bullejos, M., Burgos, M. et al. High sequence identity between the SRY HMG box from humans and insectivores. Mammalian Genome 7, 536–538 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003359900158

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