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Instability at the Pal locus in Antirrhinum majus
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Instability at the Pal locus in Antirrhinum majus

I. Effects of environment on frequencies of somatic and germinal mutation

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Harrison, B., Fincham, J. Instability at the Pal locus in Antirrhinum majus. Heredity 19, 237–258 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1964.28

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