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Interaction and gene association and dispersion in diallel crosses where gene frequencies are unequal
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Interaction and gene association and dispersion in diallel crosses where gene frequencies are unequal

  • Anne Coughtrey1 &
  • Kenneth Mather1 

Heredity volume 25, pages 79–88 (1970)Cite this article

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Coughtrey, A., Mather, K. Interaction and gene association and dispersion in diallel crosses where gene frequencies are unequal. Heredity 25, 79–88 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1970.7

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