Heritability of wing length in nature for the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus Fasciatus

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 442-447

  Groeters, Francis R ^a,b   Dingle, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asclepias fasicularis; Heritability; Milkweed bug; Oncopeltus fasciatus; Wing length

Indexed keywords

ONCOPELTUS FASCIATUS;

EID: 0030021645     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb04506.x     Document Type: Article

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