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Environmental effects on the distribution of chiasmata among nuclei and bivalents and correlation between bivalents
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Environmental effects on the distribution of chiasmata among nuclei and bivalents and correlation between bivalents

  • Charles G Elliott1 

Heredity volume 12, pages 429–439 (1958)Cite this article

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Elliott, C. Environmental effects on the distribution of chiasmata among nuclei and bivalents and correlation between bivalents. Heredity 12, 429–439 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1958.43

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