Latitudinal variation in developmental time and mass in Drosophila melanogaster

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2523-2529

  Worthen, Wade B ^a  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; climate; development; Drosophila melanogaster; latitudinal variation

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030502942     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03640.x     Document Type: Article

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