The butterfly Danaus chrysippus (L.) in East Africa: Polymorphism and morph-ratio clines within a complex, extensive and dynamic hybrid zone

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-78

  Smith, David A S ^a   Owen, Denis F ^b   Gordon, Ian J ^c   Lowis, Ninian K ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Kipepeo Project   (Kenya)

^d NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Allopatry; Heterozygote excess; Linkage disequilibrium; Migration; Mimicry; Pleistocene; Polytypism; Sex ratio; Subspeciation

Indexed keywords

DANAUS CHRYSIPPUS;

EID: 0031479020     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01272.x     Document Type: Article

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