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HUNTER-JONES1 discovered albinism in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forsk.), and established an albino strain of this species. A single, nearly colourless, male of the migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus bilituratus (Wlk.)—formerly known as M. mexicanus mexicanus (Sauss.)—appeared in a culture at the Saskatoon laboratory in 1954. Although the characteristic as observed in this individual and his descendants may not conform to the strict definition of albinism, the term is retained here for its convenience.
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Hunter-Jones, P., Nature, 180, 236 (1957).
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PUTNAM, L. Albinism in the Migratory Grasshopper, Melanoplus bilituratus (Wlk.). Nature 182, 1529 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821529a0
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