Life-history consequences of egg size in Drosophila melanogaster

American Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 250-282

  Azevedo, Rlcardo B R ^a,c   French, Vernon ^b   Partridge, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL GENETIC EFFECT;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030753520     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286065     Document Type: Article

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