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Adaptive advantage for chiasma interference: a novel suggestion
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Adaptive advantage for chiasma interference: a novel suggestion

  • Marjorie P Maguire1 

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Maguire, M. Adaptive advantage for chiasma interference: a novel suggestion. Heredity 45, 127–131 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1980.56

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