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THE present experiments describe the effect of selection on expression of the ocelli-less mutant, sex-linked recessive, affecting the ocelli and three pairs of macrochætes on top of the head in Drosophila subobscura.
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SONDHI, K. Developmental Barriers in a Selection Experiment. Nature 189, 249–250 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189249b0
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