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WHETHER supernumerary chromosomes have any selective advantage is still in doubt1–3. One possible way of attacking this problem is to find out whether natural populations of a given species show different frequencies of such accessory chromosomes in different ecological habitats.
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ZOHARY, D., ASHKENAZI, I. Different Frequencies of Supernumerary Chromosomes in Diploid Populations of Dactylis glomerata in Israel. Nature 182, 477–478 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182477b0
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