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Web Links
Patched homolog (Drosophila) (PTCH); Locus ID: 5727. LocusLink:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/LocusLink/LocRpt.cgi?l=5727
Patched homolog (Drosophila) (PTCH); MIM number: 601309. OMIM:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin‐post/Omim/dispmim?601309