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The genetics of the colour phases of the Arctic skua
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The genetics of the colour phases of the Arctic skua

  • P O'Donald1 &
  • P E Davis2 

Heredity volume 13, pages 481–486 (1959)Cite this article

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  2. Fair Isle Bird Observatory,

    P E Davis

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O'Donald, P., Davis, P. The genetics of the colour phases of the Arctic skua. Heredity 13, 481–486 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1959.49

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