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IT has up to now been impossible to mark larvæ in the wild because of their frequent skin changes and their pupation; consequently, the method usually adopted in population studies of distinguishing an insect with a spot of cellulose paint is not applicable to them. It was therefore decided to attempt the marking of larvæ by feeding them on radioactive material.
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KETTLEWELL, H. Use of Radioactive Tracer in the Study of Insect Populations (Lepidoptera). Nature 170, 584–585 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170584a0
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