Quantitative genetics: Resolving wing shape genes
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Quantitative genetics: Resolving wing shape genes
Recent high-resolution quantitative mapping experiments aimed at elucidating the genetics of natural variation for wing shape in fruit-flies suggest that very many genes can subtly influence the trait.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00306-7