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A Study of Frequency-Dependent Selection Observed in the Esterase-6 Locus of DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER Using a

S L Huang1, M Singh, K Kojima

  • 1Department of Zoology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712.

Genetics
|May 1, 1971
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