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Nuclear DNA and the evolution of wheat
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Nuclear DNA and the evolution of wheat

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Rees, H., Walters, M. Nuclear DNA and the evolution of wheat. Heredity 20, 73–82 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1965.9

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