On heredity of two forms of albinism and on the fitness of albinos in the Turkish desert woodlouse Hemilepistus elongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 (Isopoda, Oniscidea)

Crustaceana

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-72

  Roder G ^a   Linsenmair, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; FITNESS; HEREDITY; WOODLOUSE;

CRUSTACEA; HEMILEPISTUS ELONGATUS; INSECTA; ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA;

EID: 0345020449     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854098X00770     Document Type: Article

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