The genetic basis of pupal color dimorphism in Papilio polyxenes and its maintenance by natural selection
A survey of the genetic variation in the ability to produce brown pupae was conducted using 23 broods reared from wild caught females. In addition a selection experiment was designed to investigate the genetic basis of the dimorphism. It was concluded that the genetic basis of the dimorphism is a th...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35173 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09242008-113823/ |