Bidirectional selection for choice of oviposition site in Drosophila ananassae

Korean Journal of Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 295-300

  Srivastava, Tulika ^a   Singh, B N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Drosophila ananassae; Oviposition site preference; Polygenes; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030345134     PISSN: 02545934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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