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Investigations on the phototactic behaviour of Drosophila melanogaster I. Selection response in the presence of a multiply marked X chromosome

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Köhler, W. Investigations on the phototactic behaviour of Drosophila melanogaster I. Selection response in the presence of a multiply marked X chromosome. Genetica 47, 93–104 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120173

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