The distribution among populations in phenotypic variance with inbreeding

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1919-1926

  Whitlock, Michael C ^a,c   Fowler, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canalization; Drosophila melanogaster; genetic drift; inbreeding; peak shifts; phenotypic variance

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE;

INBREEDING; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION;

EID: 0029659217     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03579.x     Document Type: Article

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