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. 1944 Sep;29(5):478–502. doi: 10.1093/genetics/29.5.478

The Relation of Homozygous Deficiencies to Mutations and Allelic Series in Maize

Barbara McClintock 1
PMCID: PMC1209260  PMID: 17247134

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