Does thermal melanism maintain melanic polymorphism in the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)?

Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 381-391

  Majerus, M E N ^a   Zakharov, I A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

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ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GERMANY; HEAT; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAT; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RUSSIA; SEASONS;

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