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Selection for long and short wing length in Drosophila melanogaster with different systems of mating

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Tantawy, A.O. Selection for long and short wing length in Drosophila melanogaster with different systems of mating. Genetica 28, 231–262 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01694322

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