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InNeurospora sitophila andBombardia lunata asymmetrical post-reduction is more frequent than symmetrical post-reduction. That is to say, when a pair of allelomorphsA anda segregate, the ordersAa Aa andaA aA are commoner thanAa aA andaA Aa. This is not the case inNeurospora crassa.
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Flight-Lieutenant, Whitehouse, H.L.K. & Haldane, J.B.S. Symmetrical and asymmetrical reduction in ascomycetes. Journ. of Genetics 47, 208–212 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02986787
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