Genetics Inquiry: Strategies and Knowledge Geneticists Use in Solving Transmission Genetics Problems

Science Education

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-180

  Thomson, Norman ^a   Stewart, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0037286911     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.10065     Document Type: Article

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