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GENETIC VARIATION ASSOCIATED WITH GROWTH RATE IN THE AMERICAN OYSTER (CRASSOSTREA VIRGIN ICA)
S. M. Singh and E. Zouros,
S. M. Singh and E. Zouros
Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 4J1
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Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 4J1
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