Commentary: Wilhelm Johannsen and the problem of heredity at the turn of the 19th century

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1007-1013

  Roll Hansen, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INHERITANCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PLANT BREEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMANS;

EID: 84901488347     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu066     Document Type: Article

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