Structural variants in genes associated with human Williams-Beuren syndrome underlie stereotypical hypersociability in domestic dogs

vonHoldt, Bridgett M., Shuldiner, Emily, Koch, Ilana Janowitz, Kartzinel, Rebecca Y., Hogan, Andrew, Brubaker, Lauren, Wanser, Shelby, Stahler, Daniel +4 more·2017·Science Advances
DOI 10.1126/sciadv.1700398

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