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A general method of detecting additive, dominance and epistatic variation for metrical traits I. Theory
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A general method of detecting additive, dominance and epistatic variation for metrical traits I. Theory

  • M J Kearsey1 &
  • J L Jinks1 

Heredity volume 23, pages 403–409 (1968)Cite this article

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Kearsey, M., Jinks, J. A general method of detecting additive, dominance and epistatic variation for metrical traits I. Theory. Heredity 23, 403–409 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1968.52

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