An interaction between environmental temperature and genetic variation for body size for the fitness of adult. Female Drosophila melanogaster

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1164-1174

  McCabe, Jennie ^a   Partridge, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Drosophila melanogaster; Fertility; Life history; Longevity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; SELECTION; TEMPERATURE;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030850303     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2411046     Document Type: Article

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