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Science 24 June 1977:
Vol. 196. no. 4297, pp. 1462 - 1463
DOI: 10.1126/science.196.4297.1462
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Rapid Response to Selection for a Nondiapausing Gypsy Moth

MARJORIE A. HOY 1

1 Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven and U.S. Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Hamden, Connecticut 06514

By genetic selection a gypsy moth strain was obtained within eight generations that could be reared continuously in the insectary without its normal "obligatory" diapause. This strain should be useful for making physiological and genetical comparisons with normal diapausing gypsy moths. It could also be used in a genetic control program. However, caution should be exercised, for its release could create a new environmental hazard.

Submitted on June 16, 1976
Revised on August 3, 1976

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