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A comparative study of the oxygen consumption in the three lethal mutants “ltr”, “lgl”, and “lme” of drosophila melanogaster

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Chen, P.S. A comparative study of the oxygen consumption in the three lethal mutants “ltr”, “lgl”, and “lme” of drosophila melanogaster. Z.Ver-erbungslehre 84, 38–70 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311206

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