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Exclusion of two candidate genes, Spnb-2 and Ddc, for the wobbler spinal muscular atrophy gene on proximal mouse Chromosome 11

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Lengeling, A., Zimmer, W.E., Goodman, S.R. et al. Exclusion of two candidate genes, Spnb-2 and Ddc, for the wobbler spinal muscular atrophy gene on proximal mouse Chromosome 11. Mammalian Genome 5, 163–166 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00352348

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