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Contribution from the Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel, No. 1592-E.
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Wysoki, M. The sex chromatin of the Egyptian cottonworm, Spodoptera littoralis Boisd. (Noctuidae, Lepidoptera). Genetica 48, 229–231 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00155575
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