Some Genetic Aspects of Sex

1932/03/01 by H. J. Muller, H. J. Müller · 1,329 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Bioenergy crop production and management #Biology #Evolutionary biology #Genetic diversity and population structure #Plant and animal studies

paper · doi:10.1086/280418

published in The American Naturalist 66(703), 118-138 (University of Chicago Press)

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