Genetics of a yolk body-color mutation in Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 358-362

  Socha, Radomír ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Body color mutations; Gene interactions; Pteridines; Pyrrhucoris apterus

Indexed keywords

HETEROPTERA; PYRRHOCORIDAE; PYRRHOCORIS; PYRRHOCORIS APTERUS;

EID: 0012256256     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/90.3.358     Document Type: Article

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