All-Female Broods in the Butterfly Hypolimnas bolina (L.)

It has been known since 1924 that a proportion of females in the butterfly H. bolina produce only daughters, whereas others produce a 1:1 sex ratio. The present results confirm this, and show also that occasionally a few males are produced. The production of broods with a disturbed sex ratio is inhe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 1975-04, Vol.189 (1094), p.29-37
Hauptverfasser:	Clarke, Cyril, Sheppard, Philip Macdonald, Scali, V.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bisexuality Butterflies Embryos Female animals Insect larvae Instars Male animals Mortality Pupae Sex ratio
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