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Studies in quantitative inheritance

VII. Crosses between strains of different body size in Drosophila melanogaster

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    Forbes W. Robertson & E. C. R. Reeve

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Robertson, F.W., Reeve, E.C.R. Studies in quantitative inheritance. Z.Ver-erbungslehre 86, 424–438 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317450

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