H3K27ac chromatin acetylation and gene expression analysis reveal sex- and situs-related differences in developing chicken gonads.

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"Funding This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31872351) and National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFD1300103). The funders had no role in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and in writing the manuscript."