Unprecedented within-species chromosome number cline in the Wood White butterfly <it>Leptidea sinapis </it>and its significance for karyotype evolution and speciation
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Species generally have a fixed number of chromosomes in the cell nuclei while between-species differences are common and often pronounced. These differences could have evolved through multiple speciation events, each involving the fi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-04-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/109 |