Change in morph frequency in the snail Cepaea nemoralis on the Marlborough downs

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 336-342

  Cook, L M ^a   Cowie, Robert H ^b,c   Jones, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cepaea; Frequency change; Migration; Selection; Visual polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GENETIC CHANGE; GENETIC SELECTION; HOMOGENIZATION; INHERITANCE; MORPHOGENESIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CEPAEA; CEPAEA NEMORALIS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032921585     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884920     Document Type: Article

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