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Somatic instability of chromosome number in Hymenocallis calathinum
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Somatic instability of chromosome number in Hymenocallis calathinum

  • Brian Snoad1 

Heredity volume 9, pages 129–134 (1955)Cite this article

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Snoad, B. Somatic instability of chromosome number in Hymenocallis calathinum. Heredity 9, 129–134 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1955.7

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