GENOTYPIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS OF VARIATION IN GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION OF FISH HEMICLONES (POECILIOPSIS:

Jeffrey D Wetherington1, Stephen C Weeks1, Karen E Kotora1

  • 1Center for Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Cook College, Rutgers University, P.O. Box 231, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903.

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