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The manifold effects of the Medionigra gene of the moth Panaxia dominula and the maintenance of a polymorphism
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The manifold effects of the Medionigra gene of the moth Panaxia dominula and the maintenance of a polymorphism

  • P M Sheppard1 &
  • L M Cook2 

Heredity volume 17, pages 415–426 (1962)Cite this article

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Sheppard, P., Cook, L. The manifold effects of the Medionigra gene of the moth Panaxia dominula and the maintenance of a polymorphism. Heredity 17, 415–426 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1962.41

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