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Selection and survival in Lolium perenne— Variation within the populations
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Selection and survival in Lolium perenne— Variation within the populations

  • M D Hayward1 

Heredity volume 29, pages 375–379 (1972)Cite this article

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Hayward, M. Selection and survival in Lolium perenne— Variation within the populations. Heredity 29, 375–379 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1972.102

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