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Competition between three lines of Drosophila melanogaster
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Competition between three lines of Drosophila melanogaster

  • J S Gale1 

Heredity volume 19, pages 681–699 (1964)Cite this article

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Gale, J. Competition between three lines of Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity 19, 681–699 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1964.78

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