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A crash course in survival

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  1. Department of Genetics and Biometry, University College London, Wolfson House, 4 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 4HE, UK

    Linda Partridge

  2. Institute of Zoology, The Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK

    Mike Bruford

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Partridge, L., Bruford, M. A crash course in survival. Nature 372, 318–319 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/372318a0

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