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May 2013 in “International Journal of Molecular Medicine” Researchers found a new gene variant linked to a rare bone disease, which doesn't always cause symptoms in carriers.
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June 2019 in “BMC genomics” Non-coding RNAs help control hair growth in cashmere goats.
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