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Theodore H. Fleming, Robert J. Rauscher; ON THE EVOLUTION OF LITTER SIZE IN PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS, Evolution, Volume 32, Issue 1, 1 March 1978, Pages 45–55,
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