Inheritance of Resistance to DDT in the Housefly, Musca domestica L.
β Scribed by HARRISON, C. MARY
- Book ID
- 109567229
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1951
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 214 KB
- Volume
- 167
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/167855a0
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