The nature of quantitative genetic variation revisited: Lessons from Drosophila bristles

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-121

  Mackay, Trudy F C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MUTATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MUTATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030087712     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180207     Document Type: Article

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