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Heterochromatin polymorphism and colour pattern in the tiger swallowtail butterfly Papilio glaucus L.

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THE difference between the black mimetic and yellow non-mimetic female forms of the tiger swallowtail butterfly, Papilio glaucus L., is probably controlled by a locus on the Y (W) chromosome (cytoplasmic inheritance is less likely). Since the female is the heterogametic sex in the Lepidoptera black females should produce only black daughters and yellow females only yellow ones, and here we report cytological differences between the two.

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  1. Department of Genetics, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liver pool, L69 3BX, UK

    C. A. CLARKE & P. M. SHEPPARD

  2. Galton Laboratory, University College, London, WC1 6BT, UK

    URSULA MITTWOCH

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CLARKE, C., SHEPPARD, P. & MITTWOCH, U. Heterochromatin polymorphism and colour pattern in the tiger swallowtail butterfly Papilio glaucus L.. Nature 263, 585–587 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263585a0

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