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Interspecific hybridisation between the six cryptic species of Drosophila willistoni group
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Interspecific hybridisation between the six cryptic species of Drosophila willistoni group

  • Helga Winge1 na1 

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  1. Helga Winge: This work is dedicated to Dr Harry Miller, Jr on the occasion of his seventieth birthday (3rd June 1965).

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Winge, H. Interspecific hybridisation between the six cryptic species of Drosophila willistoni group. Heredity 20, 9–19 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1965.2

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