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Chiasma distribution at diplotene in a locust
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Chiasma distribution at diplotene in a locust

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  1. Department of Genetics, Agricultural Research Council Unit of Biometrical Genetics, University of Birmingham,

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Henderson, S. Chiasma distribution at diplotene in a locust. Heredity 18, 173–190 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1963.20

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