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Crossing-over in mice heterozygous for t-alleles
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Crossing-over in mice heterozygous for t-alleles

  • Mary F Lyon1 &
  • Rita J S Phillips1 

Heredity volume 13, pages 23–32 (1959)Cite this article

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    Mary F Lyon & Rita J S Phillips

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Lyon, M., Phillips, R. Crossing-over in mice heterozygous for t-alleles. Heredity 13, 23–32 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1959.2

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