Evolutionary genetics of seasonal polyphenism in the map butterfly Araschnia levana (Nymphalidae: Lepidoptera)

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 875-894

  Windig, Jack J ^a,b,c   Lammar, Pascal ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Morphometrics; Phenotypic plasticity; Quantitative genetics; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006462579     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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