Stabilizing selection detected for bristle number in Drosophila melanogaster

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1573-1578

  García Dorado, Aurora ^a   González, Jorge A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Causal selection; natural selection; stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

BRISTLE NUMBER; CAUSAL SELECTION; NATURAL SELECTION; STABILIZING SELECTION;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0029660853     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03929.x     Document Type: Article

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