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Spermatozoan nucleus length in three strains of Drosophila melanogaster
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Spermatozoan nucleus length in three strains of Drosophila melanogaster

  • R A Beatty1 &
  • N S Sidhu1 nAff2 

Heredity volume 22, pages 65–82 (1967)Cite this article

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  1. N S Sidhu

    Present address: Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Nazarbad, Mysore, India

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  1. Agricultural Research Council Unit of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh

    R A Beatty & N S Sidhu

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Beatty, R., Sidhu, N. Spermatozoan nucleus length in three strains of Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity 22, 65–82 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1967.6

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  • Received: 26 May 1966

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