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Evolutionary Changes in the Sex Chromosomes of Coleoptera

Nature volume 164, pages 237–238 (1949)Cite this article

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Two closely related species of buprestids, at the present time referred to the species Agrilus anxius Gory, have been shown by a colleague, G. W. Barter (unpublished), to be separable on morphological grounds. One is restricted to birch, the other to poplar.

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SMITH, S. Evolutionary Changes in the Sex Chromosomes of Coleoptera. Nature 164, 237–238 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164237a0

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