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Assortive mating in a population in which two alleles are segregating
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Assortive mating in a population in which two alleles are segregating

  • P O'Donald1 

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O'Donald, P. Assortive mating in a population in which two alleles are segregating. Heredity 15, 389–396 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1960.104

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