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A biometrical analysis of matroclinous inheritance of grain weight in rice
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A biometrical analysis of matroclinous inheritance of grain weight in rice

  • M F Chandraratna1 &
  • Kan-Ichi Sakai2 

Heredity volume 14, pages 365–373 (1960)Cite this article

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  1. Department of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Ceylon

    M F Chandraratna

  2. National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan

    Kan-Ichi Sakai

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Chandraratna, M., Sakai, KI. A biometrical analysis of matroclinous inheritance of grain weight in rice. Heredity 14, 365–373 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1960.35

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