Selection along clines in the ladybird Adalia bipunctata in the Netherlands: A general mating advantage to melanics and its consequences

Heredity

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 37-49

  Brakefield, Paul M ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84966179114     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1984.61     Document Type: Article

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