Behavioural and brain gene expression profiling in pigs during tail biting outbreaks - evidence of a tail biting resistant phenotype
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ORGANISM(S): Sus scrofa
SUBMITTER: Emma Brunberg
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-3643 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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