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All issues Volume 37 / No 1 (January-February 2005) Genet. Sel. Evol., 37 1 (2005) 31-56 References
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Genet. Sel. Evol.
Volume 37, Number 1, January-February 2005
Page(s) 31 - 56
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/gse:2004035
References of  Genet. Sel. Evol. 37 (2005) 31-56
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