Evidence for an association between nonadditive genetic variation and extreme expression of a trait

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 576-587

  Blows, Mark W ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0003281154     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285940     Document Type: Article

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