The genetic variance maintained by pleiotropic mutation

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-231

  Tanaka, Yoshinari ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0030128741     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1996.0012     Document Type: Article

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