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Natural selection for quantitative characters
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Natural selection for quantitative characters

  • Peter O'Donald1 nAff2 

Heredity volume 27, pages 137–153 (1971)Cite this article

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  1. Peter O'Donald

    Present address: Department of Genetics, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1XH

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  1. Department of Medicine, Nuffield Unit of Medical Genetics, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, L69 3BX, England

    Peter O'Donald

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O'Donald, P. Natural selection for quantitative characters. Heredity 27, 137–153 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1971.78

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