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. 1963 Oct;48(10):1303–1312. doi: 10.1093/genetics/48.10.1303

The Mutation Load in Small Populations

Motoo Kimura 1, Takeo Maruyama 1, James F Crow 1
PMCID: PMC1210420  PMID: 14071753

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