A genetic perspective on insect climate specialists

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-103

  Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; DNA decay; Pleiotropy; Specialist

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954109642     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2010.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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