Selection for Ethanol Tolerance in Two Populations of Drosophila Melanogaster Segregating Alcohol Dehydrogenase Allozymes
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0004-9417
DOI: 10.1071/bi9790387