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Polymorphic Growth in Larvae of Maculinea Butterflies, as an Example of Biennialism in Myrmecophilous Insects

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The presence of annual and biennial individuals within the same population has been recently demonstrated in the myrmecophilous butterflies ...
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A Search for Associations between Genetical Polymorphic Systems and Physical, Biochemical and Haematological Variables

G. R. Fraser, W. S. Volkers, L. F. Bernini, W. B. de Greve, E. van Loghem, P. Meera Khan, L. E. Nijenhuis, J. J. Veltkamp, G. P. Vogel and L. N. Went A total of 811 ...
Nature

The lactase −13910C>T polymorphism (rs4988235) is associated with overweight/obesity and obesity-related variables in a population sample of Portuguese young adults

In most mammals, the ability to digest lactose present in milk declines after the weaning phase, because of a decreased production of the enzyme lactase in the small intestine. In contrast, in many ...
Nature

The Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Polymorphism of the Dopamine Transporter Gene Is Not Associated with Significant Change in Dopamine Transporter Phenotype in Humans

A 40 base polymorphism of a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) has been described in the 3′ untranslated region of the gene (SLC6A3) coding for the dopamine transporter (DAT). Despite being ...