An experimental evaluation of the usefulness of secondary traits in index selection, using Drosophila melanogaster

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12 January 1987

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Published by Wiley in Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Vol. 104 (1-5) , 175-179
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0388.1987.tb00121.x

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