Butterfly wings: The evolution of development of colour patterns

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 391-401

  Brakefield, Paul M ^a   French, Vernon ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032903390     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199905)21:5<391::AID-BIES6>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Review

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