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Meiotic drive at the D(MD) locus and fertility in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.)

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    Present address: Department of Social Research, University of Manchester, U.K.

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    J. H. A. M. Youngson, H. M. Welch & R. J. Wood

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Youngson, J.H.A.M., Welch, H.M. & Wood, R.J. Meiotic drive at the D(MD) locus and fertility in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.). Genetica 54, 335–340 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00135050

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