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All issues Volume 40 / No 5 (September-October 2008) Genet. Sel. Evol., 40 5 (2008) 553-561 References
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Genet. Sel. Evol.
Volume 40, Number 5, September-October 2008
Page(s) 553 - 561
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/gse:2008021
Published online 12 August 2008
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