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Growth Curves in Inbred Mice

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The application of a mathematical model to the growth of inbred mice and their F1 hybrids makes it possible to analyse the inheritance of growth.

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  1. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois

    ANNA KANE LAIRD

  2. Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester

    ALMA HOWARD

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LAIRD, A., HOWARD, A. Growth Curves in Inbred Mice. Nature 213, 786–788 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213786a0

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