Physiological and Evolutionary Theories of Dominance

1934/01/01 by Sewall Wright · 377 citations
Environmental Science · #Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior #Biology #Dominance (genetics) #Ecology #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Evolutionary biology #Genetics #Species Distribution and Climate Change

paper · doi:10.1086/280521

published in The American Naturalist 68(714), 24-53 (University of Chicago Press)

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