Analysis of museum specimens suggests extreme genetic drift in the adonis blue butterfly (Polyommatus bellargus)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 447-452

  Harper, G L ^a   Maclean, N ^a   Goulson, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Genetic drift; Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae; Microsatellites; Museum specimens

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; GENETIC DRIFT; POPULATION BOTTLENECK;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FOLKESTONE; KENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

LYSANDRA BELLARGUS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33745167649     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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