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Gene frequencies in London's cats

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    The results are given of a survey of inherited characters in 700 London cats.

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    The hypothesis of random mating was tested by using the results for yellow and tortoiseshell, and was found satisfactory.

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    Gene frequencies were estimated on this hypothesis, and are given in Table 3.

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    There was a significant tendency for male castration to increase hair length.

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    A. G. Searle

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Searle, A.G. Gene frequencies in London's cats. Journ. of Genetics 49, 214–220 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02986074

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