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Sex ratio distorter-translocation homozygotes in Aedes aegypti

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  1. S. G. Suguna & S. J. Kazmi

    Present address: Vector Control Research Centre, Lenin Street, 605011, Kosapalayam, Pondicherry, India

  2. C. F. Curtis

    Present address: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, WC1E 7HT, London, U.K.

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    S. G. Suguna, S. J. Kazmi & C. F. Curtis

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Suguna, S.G., Kazmi, S.J. & Curtis, C.F. Sex ratio distorter-translocation homozygotes in Aedes aegypti. Genetica 47, 125–133 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120177

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