Sexual dichroism and pigment localization in the wing scales of Pieris rapae butterflies

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2007-01-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2006.3708PMID 17018427PMCID PMC1679869
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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