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. 1948 Sep;33(5):439-46.

doi: 10.1093/genetics/33.5.439.

What Is "Heterosis"?

G H Shull¹

Affiliations

PMID: 17247290
PMCID: PMC1209417
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/33.5.439

What Is "Heterosis"?

G H Shull. Genetics. 1948 Sep.

. 1948 Sep;33(5):439-46.

doi: 10.1093/genetics/33.5.439.

Author

G H Shull¹

Affiliation

¹ Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

PMID: 17247290
PMCID: PMC1209417
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/33.5.439

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