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Selection and population structure in Lolium
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Selection and population structure in Lolium

II. Genetic control of date of ear emergence

  • J P Cooper1 

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Cooper, J. Selection and population structure in Lolium. Heredity 13, 445–459 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1959.47

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