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This investigation was supported by grant G-8888 from the National Science Foundation and grant RG 5836 (R1) from the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service.
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McDonald, D., Peer, N. Natural selection in experimental populations of Tribolium. Heredity 16, 317–330 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1961.37
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