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Preferential gene expression of an amylase allele in interspecific hybrids of Xiphophorus (Pisces: Poeciliidae)

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  1. Rene J. Herrera

    Present address: Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, 10458, Bronx, New York

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This work was supported by NSF Grant BMS 75-13464.

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Herrera, R.J. Preferential gene expression of an amylase allele in interspecific hybrids of Xiphophorus (Pisces: Poeciliidae). Biochem Genet 17, 223–227 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00498963

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