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Title: POPULATION STUDIES IN PREDOMINANTLY SELF-POLLINATED SPECIES. II. ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE GENETIC CHANGES IN A BULK-HYBRID POPULATION OF BARLEY
NSF-PAR ID:
10032829
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley-Blackwell
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Evolution
Volume:
16
Issue:
1
ISSN:
0014-3820
Page Range / eLocation ID:
90 to 101
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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