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THE biochemical analysis of genetic variation has only rarely been extended to hereditary variation isolated from wild populations. This communication deals with a series of colour forms, whose genetics has been studied1–3, and which were originally isolated from wild populations of the Pieris napi-bryoniae species complex. These genotypes govern changes in pteridine content of the scales of the wings, and have here been analysed by methods developed for investigations on pteridines of the related Colias butterflies4,5.
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WATT, W., BOWDEN, S. Chemical Phenotypes of Pteridine Colour Forms in Pieris Butterflies. Nature 210, 304–306 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210304a0
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