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Cats are not Peas : a Calico History of Genetics /

After she accidentally adopted a calico cat that turned out to be a male, Laura Gould was seized by curiosity. For there to be no male calicos at all would be understandable - it was their extreme rarity that was the puzzle. Gould, an expert in linguistics with no previous training in genetics, deci...

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Main Author:	Gould, Laura
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Springer New York, 1996.
Subjects:	Life sciences. Medicine. Cytology. Zoology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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