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Original Articles

Phenotypic variability and sex dimorphism in Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae): comparison of wild and laboratory grown adults of two sympatric cosmopolitan species

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Pages 371-383 | Accepted 30 Sep 2010, Published online: 31 May 2013

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