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The spread of a gene in natural conditions in a colony of the moth Panaxia dominula L.
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The spread of a gene in natural conditions in a colony of the moth Panaxia dominula L.

  • R A Fisher FRS1 &
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  1. Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics in the University of Cambridge,

    R A Fisher FRS

  2. Reader in Genetics in the University of Oxford,

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Fisher, R., Ford, E. The spread of a gene in natural conditions in a colony of the moth Panaxia dominula L.. Heredity 1, 143–174 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1947.11

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