Relationship of genome size to body size in Phylan semicostatus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-225

  Palmer, M ^a   Petitpierre, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; DNA content; Isolated wild populations; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0003200816     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/89.2.221     Document Type: Article

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