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Drs. Gordon and Sang1 have, very properly, directed attention to the value of studies on the interrelations of environment and genic expression. Some of the most fascinating problems of genetics are to be found in this field ; indeed, we need go no further than the investigations which these two authors have made on the manifestation of the gene 'Antennaless' in Drosophila melanogaster2 to see how much can be accomplished by such researches.
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MATHER, K. The Polygene Concept. Nature 149, 731–732 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149731b0
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