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Temporal genetic variation in a continuously breeding population of monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus, was assessed by sampling two milkweed patch sites for about 2 years. Variation was determined at four loci; Pgm, Pgi, Idh and Hbdh. Large changes in heterozygote and allele frequencies where observed between sample dates and between dates grouped into three ‘seasons’ (early summer, late summer, and winter). Both sites showed similar changes, but the question of ‘seasonality’ will require a longer period of study.
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Zalucki, M., Hughes, J., Arthur, J. et al. Seasonal variation at four loci in a continuously breeding population of Danaus plexippus L.. Heredity 70, 205–213 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1993.30
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