Fisher's ‘fundamental theorem’ made clear
1972/11/01 by GEORGE R. PRICE, George Price · 413 citations
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paper · doi:10.1111/j.1469-1809.1972.tb00764.x
published in Annals of Human Genetics 36(2), 129-140 (Wiley)
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