Bidirectional selection for female receptivity inDrosophila melanogaster
✍ Scribed by Rafael Piñeiro; Maria C. Carracedo; Jorge I. Izquierdo; Pelayo Casares
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 735 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-8244
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