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Experimental sizes for detecting dominance variation
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Experimental sizes for detecting dominance variation

  • M J Kearsey1 

Heredity volume 25, pages 529–542 (1970)Cite this article

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Kearsey, M. Experimental sizes for detecting dominance variation. Heredity 25, 529–542 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1970.61

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