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Metaphysics and population genetics: Karl Pearson and the background to Fisher's multi-factorial theory of inheritance

B. Norton Department of Statistics and Computer Science, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, England
Pages 537-553 | Received 01 Jun 1975, Published online: 18 Sep 2006

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