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Studies in quantitative inheritance

IV. the effects of substituting chromosomes from selected strains in different genetic backgrounds inDrosophila melanogaster

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Robertson, F.W., Reeve, E.C.R. Studies in quantitative inheritance. Journ. of Genetics 51, 586–610 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02982947

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