Genetics of a colour polymorphism in Theridion grallator (Araneae: Theridiidae), the Hawaiian happy-face spider, from Greater Maui

Heredity

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 238-248

  Oxford, G S ^a   Gillespie, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Colour polymorphism; Hawaii; Spider; Supergene; Theridion grallator

Indexed keywords

THERIDION GRALLATOR;

EID: 0030039339     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1996.37     Document Type: Article

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