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Chronological Sex-Ratios in Drosophila

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ANALYSIS of the results of observations on Drosophila melanogaster involving several thousands of flies substantiated previous observations in connexion with the daily variation in emerging frequency of males and females respectively of the criss-cross generation involving the sex-linked genes yand w.

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ELOFF, G. Chronological Sex-Ratios in Drosophila. Nature 145, 463–464 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145463a0

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