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Hugh Dingle and Joseph P. Hegmann (Editors): Evolution and Genetics of Life Histories —With 47 figs, 250 pp. Berlin — New York: Springer-Verlag 1982. ISBN 3-540 (Berlin) 3-387 (New York) -90702-5. DM 89,00, $ 37.00

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Book ID
102284461
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1984
Tongue
English
Weight
84 KB
Volume
69
Category
Article
ISSN
1434-2944

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