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Ecological Genetics: The Interface pp 159–170Cite as

Some Contributions of Snails to the Development of Ecological Genetics

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It has been suggested that the British school of ecological genetics sprang from an upper-middle-class fascination with snails and butterflies (Lewontin, 1974). My task, in the following account, is to argue that, for the molluscs at least, this fascination has a basis in scientific logic.

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Clarke, B. (1978). Some Contributions of Snails to the Development of Ecological Genetics. In: Brussard, P.F. (eds) Ecological Genetics: The Interface. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6330-2_9

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