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Genetic response to selection in cultivated plants: Gene frequencies in Prunus avium
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Genetic response to selection in cultivated plants: Gene frequencies in Prunus avium

  • Watkin Williams1 &
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Williams, W., Brown, A. Genetic response to selection in cultivated plants: Gene frequencies in Prunus avium. Heredity 10, 237–245 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1956.20

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