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Previous investigations of the migratory grasshopper,Melanoplus sanguinipes, demonstrated geographical variation at visible loci but not at enzyme loci. Electrophoretic analysis of 3 other Melanoplines and an Oedipodinid also revealed uniform spacial distributions. Investigation of allelic patterms among these and 6 other Melanoplines suggests that selective rather than stochastic factors are operative.
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Acknowledgements. I thank B. R. Pittendrigh for his technical assistance and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Grant A-0485) for their financial assistance.
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Chapco, W. Comparative variation at four enzyme loci in ten Melanopline grasshoppers. Experientia 45, 196–198 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01954875
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