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Stabilizing selection maintains exuberant colour polymorphism in the spider Theridion californicum (Araneae, Theridiidae).

Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2011

Croucher Peter J P, Oxford Geoffrey S, Lam Athena, Gillespie Rosemary G

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Genetically controlled colour polymorphisms provide a physical manifestation of the operation of selection and how this can vary according to the spatial or temporal arrangement of phenotypes, or their frequency in a population. Here, we examine the role of selection in shaping the exuberant colour polymorphism exhibited by the spider Theridion californicum. This species is part of a system in which several...

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PMID: 21121989
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04941.x

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