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Temperature and chiasma formation in Schistocerca gregaria
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Temperature and chiasma formation in Schistocerca gregaria

I. An analysis of the response at a constant 40° C.

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

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Henderson, S. Temperature and chiasma formation in Schistocerca gregaria. Heredity 18, 77–94 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1963.6

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