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A case of gynandromorphic plumage in a pheasant re-examined in the light of Lillie’s hypothesis of hormone threshold

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Huxley, J.S., Bond, C.J. A case of gynandromorphic plumage in a pheasant re-examined in the light of Lillie’s hypothesis of hormone threshold. Journ. of Genetics 29, 51–59 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981783

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