Mendelian controversies: A botanical and historical review

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 737-752

  Fairbanks, Daniel J ^a   Rytting, Bryce ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Darwin; Fabrication of data; Fictitious experiments; Laws of inheritance; Linkage; Mendel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141935419     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657027     Document Type: Article

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