Reproductive fitness and artificial selection in animal breeding: culling on fitness prevents a decline in reproductive fitness in lines of Drosophila melanogaster selected for increased inebriation time

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 909-914

  Frankham, R ^a   Yoo, B H ^b   Sheldon, B L ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Drosophila melanogaster; Ethanol tolerance; Quantitative character; Reproductive fitness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000151236     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: 14322242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00273680     Document Type: Article

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