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Adaptive significance of pigment polymorphism in Colias butterflies. I. Variation of melanin pigment in relation to thermoregulation

Authors: Watt, W. B.
Year: 1968
Journal: Evolution, Vol. 22, pp. 437-458
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.2307/2406873
Keywords: ADAPTATION, COLIAS, ENTOMOLOGY, GENETICS, INDIVIDUAL VARIATION, LEPIDOPTERA, PIERIDAE, RMBL, THERMOREGULATION
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