THE EFFECT OF INBREEDING ON PHENOTYPIC VARIANCE IN THE RED FLOUR BEETLE TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM.

Evolution

Department of Biology, Marsh Life Science Building, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 05405.

Published: February 1997

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