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Title: Male and female contributions to behavioral isolation in darters as a function of genetic distance and color distance: BEHAVIORAL ISOLATION IN DARTERS
Award ID(s):
0953716 1701676
NSF-PAR ID:
10041604
Author(s) / Creator(s):
 ;  ;  ;  
Publisher / Repository:
Wiley-Blackwell
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Evolution
Volume:
71
Issue:
10
ISSN:
0014-3820
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2428 to 2444
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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