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7 - Meiosis and Fertility Associated with Chromosomal Heterozygosity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2019

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Pavel M. Borodin ,
Stanisław Fedyk ,
Włodzimierz Chętnicki ,
Anna A. Torgasheva ,
Svetlana V. Pavlova  and
Jeremy B. Searle
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Jeremy B. Searle ,
P. David Polly  and
Jan Zima
Jeremy B. Searle
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Cornell University, New York
P. David Polly
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Jan Zima
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Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
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Shrews, Chromosomes and Speciation , pp. 217 - 270
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