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The frequency distribution of tetracotyles of Apatemon gracilis pellucidus in natural populations of brook sticklebacks Culaea inconstans homogeneous for age and size were fitted to negative binomial curves. Values of k were unusually high while the degree of overdispersion was correspondingly low. It is suggested that these properties of the distributions are a function of the homogeneity of the host population.
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Rau et al. (1978) studied this question.
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