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A mesonotal colour polymorphism apparently dependent on linkage disequilibrium
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A mesonotal colour polymorphism apparently dependent on linkage disequilibrium

  • Sarah Bedichek Pipkin1 

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  1. Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

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This work was supported by the Division of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., Grant RG 06813 to The Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, Panama and Grant RC 12018 to The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.

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Pipkin, S. A mesonotal colour polymorphism apparently dependent on linkage disequilibrium. Heredity 20, 523–536 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1965.66

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