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Selection in mixed colonies of Cepaea nemoralis and Cepaea hortensis
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Selection in mixed colonies of Cepaea nemoralis and Cepaea hortensis

  • M A Carter1 nAff2 

Heredity volume 22, pages 117–139 (1967)Cite this article

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Carter, M. Selection in mixed colonies of Cepaea nemoralis and Cepaea hortensis. Heredity 22, 117–139 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1967.10

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