Thermal evolution of egg size in Drosophila melanogaster

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2338-2345

  Azevedo, Ricardo B R ^a   French, Vernon ^b   Partridge, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg volume; fecundity; genotype environment interaction; latitudinal cline; ovariole number; phenotypic plasticity; temperature; thermal selection

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EGG SIZE; EVOLUTION; FECUNDITY; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LATITUDINAL CLINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030301382     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03621.x     Document Type: Article

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