Aerial performance of Drosophila melanogaster from populations selected for upwind flight ability

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2747-2755

  Marden, James H ^a   Wolf, Melisande R ^a   Weber, Kenneth E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Flight; Fruit fly; Motion analysis; Performance; Phenotype selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GENETICS, POPULATION;

EID: 0031281364     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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