Density-dependent natural selection in Drosophila: Evolution of growth rate and body size

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 420-432

  Santos, Mauro ^a   Borash, Daniel J ^b   Joshi, Amitabh ^c   Bounlutay, Nira ^b   Mueller, Laurence D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Body size; critical size; density dependent selection; development time; Drosophila melanogaster; efficiency; feeding rate; growth rate; trade offs

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE;

BODY SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DEVELOPMENT TIME; GROWTH RATE; NATURAL SELECTION;

EID: 0030617966     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb02429.x     Document Type: Article

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