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Phenotypic plasticity in the range-margin population of the lycaenid butterfly Zizeeria maha

BACKGROUND: Many butterfly species have been experiencing the northward range expansion and physiological adaptation, probably due to climate warming. Here, we document an extraordinary field case of a species of lycaenid butterfly, Zizeeria maha, for which plastic phenotypes of wing color-patterns...

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Autores principales: Otaki, Joji M, Hiyama, Atsuki, Iwata, Masaki, Kudo, Tadashi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2931505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20718993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-252