A reconnaissance of population genetic variation in arctic and subarctic sulfur butterflies (Colias spp.; Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1614-1623

  Wheat, Christopher W ^a,b   Watt, Ward B ^d   Boutwell, Christian L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENZYMES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

COLIAS TAXA; PHOSPHOGLUCOSE ISOMERASE; POPULATION GENETIC VARIATION; SUBARCTIC SULFUR BUTTERFLIES;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BUTTERFLY; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

COLIAS; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE;

EID: 33144470903     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-159     Document Type: Article

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