Evidence of independent climatic selection for desiccation and starvation tolerance in Indian tropical populations of Drosophila melanogaster

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 685-699

  Parkash, Ravi ^a,c   Munjal, Ashok K ^b  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANASTHALI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Medical Enclave ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Climatic selection; Drosophila melanogaster; Opposite latitudinal clines; Starvation and desiccation tolerance; Tropical populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012800082     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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