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IN criticizing my conclusions1 regarding the relations between polygenic buffering systems and oligogenic switching, or key, systems, and in considering the advisability of dispensing with the term polygene, Dr. Waddington2 rests his case on three main points, namely :
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MATHER, K. Polygenes in Development. Nature 151, 560 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151560a0
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