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. 1957 Feb 15;43(2):226–234. doi: 10.1073/pnas.43.2.226

HETEROSIS AND ELIMINATION OF WEAK HOMOZYGOTES IN NATURAL POPULATIONS OF THREE RELATED SPECIES OF Drosophila

Crodowaldo Pavan 1,2, Theodosius Dobzhansky 1,2,*, Antonio Brito da Cunha 1,2
PMCID: PMC528416  PMID: 16590003

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