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Genetic systems in Allium
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Genetic systems in Allium

III. Meiosis and breeding systems

  • S Ved Brat1 

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Brat, S. Genetic systems in Allium. Heredity 20, 325–339 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1965.47

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