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Migration distance as a selective episode for wing morphology in a migratory insect.

D T Tyler FlockhartBlair Fitz-GeraldLincoln P BrowerRachael DerbyshireSonia AltizerKeith A HobsonLeonard I WassenaarD Ryan Norris
Published in: Movement ecology (2017)
Our results provide correlative evidence that the migratory period may act as a selective episode on monarch butterfly wing morphology, although selection during other portions of the annual cycle, as well as extensive mixing of individuals from various natal locations on the breeding grounds, likely counteracts directional selection of migration on morphology.
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