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Radiation-induced polygenic mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana I. Selection for flowering time
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Radiation-induced polygenic mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana I. Selection for flowering time

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Lawrence, C. Radiation-induced polygenic mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana I. Selection for flowering time. Heredity 23, 321–337 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1968.47

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