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The functional significance of amylase polymorphism in Drosophila melanogaster I. Properties of two amylase variants

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The investigations were supported by the Foundation for Fundamental Biological Research (BION), which is subsidized by the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research (Z.W.O.)

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Hoorn, A.J.W., Scharloo, W. The functional significance of amylase polymorphism in Drosophila melanogaster I. Properties of two amylase variants. Genetica 49, 173–180 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120563

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