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Colour polymorphism in the land isopod Armadillidium nasatum
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Colour polymorphism in the land isopod Armadillidium nasatum

  • S Laura Adamkewicz1 nAff2 

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  1. S Laura Adamkewicz

    Present address: Department of Zoology, Syracuse University,

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Virginia,

    S Laura Adamkewicz

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Supported in part by an NDEA Title IV fellowship and in part by a Virginia Mason Davidge fellowship; part of a dissertation presented to the University of Virginia.

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Adamkewicz, S. Colour polymorphism in the land isopod Armadillidium nasatum. Heredity 24, 249–264 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1969.30

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