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A general model of sexual and natural selection
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A general model of sexual and natural selection

  • P O'Donald1 

Heredity volume 22, pages 499–518 (1967)Cite this article

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O'Donald, P. A general model of sexual and natural selection. Heredity 22, 499–518 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1967.66

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