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Sex dimorphism in the plumage of the domestic fowl

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Greenwood, A.W., Blyth, J.S.S. Sex dimorphism in the plumage of the domestic fowl. Journ. of Genetics 36, 53–72 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02982374

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