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Somatic and secondary pairing in Ornithogalum
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Somatic and secondary pairing in Ornithogalum

  • Eeva Therman1Ā 

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Therman, E. Somatic and secondary pairing in Ornithogalum. Heredity 5, 253–269 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1951.23

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