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A Relationship between Dominance, Phenotypic Stability and Variability, and a Theory of Alternative Genetic Pathways

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LEWIS, D. A Relationship between Dominance, Phenotypic Stability and Variability, and a Theory of Alternative Genetic Pathways. Nature 172, 1136–1137 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/1721136a0

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