Analysis of larval behaviours underlying the pupation height phenotype in Drosophila simulans and D melanogaster

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 589-600

  Casares, P ^a   Carracedo, M C ^a   Garcia Florez L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Complex behavioural trait; Correlated response; Drosophila; Larval pupation height

Indexed keywords

FLY LARVA; PHENOTYPE; PUPATION SITE;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOTAXIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031417507     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:19970504     Document Type: Article

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