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Evolutionary divergence among adjacent plant populations I. The evidence and its theoretical analysis
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Evolutionary divergence among adjacent plant populations I. The evidence and its theoretical analysis

  • S K Jain1 &
  • A D Bradshaw2 

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  2. Department of Agricultural Botany, University College of North Wales, Bangor

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Jain, S., Bradshaw, A. Evolutionary divergence among adjacent plant populations I. The evidence and its theoretical analysis. Heredity 21, 407–441 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1966.42

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