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The Function of Mendelian Genes

Nature volume 111, pages 286–287 (1923)Cite this article

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IN NATURE for January 20, p. 74, Prof. MacBride makes a statement which appears to me to rest upon a fallacy. Since this fallacy is not uncommon, and since it concerns a very fundamental problem, I feel that perhaps a discussion of it in these columns may serve a useful purpose.

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HUXLEY, J. The Function of Mendelian Genes. Nature 111, 286–287 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111286a0

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