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Quantitative studies on mating systems
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Quantitative studies on mating systems

II. Estimation of fitness parameters in a population of Phaseolus lunatus

  • C L Tucker1 &
  • James Harding1 na1 

Heredity volume 20, pages 393–402 (1965)Cite this article

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  1. James Harding: Associate Specialist and Laboratory Technician, Department of Agronomy, University of California, Davis.

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Tucker, C., Harding, J. Quantitative studies on mating systems. Heredity 20, 393–402 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1965.52

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