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Nucleotide polymorphism at a gene (Pgi) under balancing selection in a butterfly metapopulation.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Feb 2010
Wheat Christopher W, Haag Christoph R, Marden James H, Hanski Ilkka, Frilander Mikko J
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The Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia, Nymphalidae) has a large, well-studied metapopulation in the Aland Islands in Finland. Previous studies have found that the common allozyme genotypes at the phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI) locus are associated with individual variation in perfor...
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