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Exploring apostatic selection
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Exploring apostatic selection

  • R A Elton1 &
  • J J D Greenwood2 

Heredity volume 25, pages 629–633 (1970)Cite this article

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  1. Institute of Virology, University of Glasgow,

    R A Elton

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee,

    J J D Greenwood

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Elton, R., Greenwood, J. Exploring apostatic selection. Heredity 25, 629–633 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1970.67

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  • Received: 28 April 1970

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