Developmental constraints and wing shape variation in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster

Heredity

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 572-577

  Pezzoli, Maria Cristina ^a   Guerra, Daniela ^a   Giorgi, Gianfranco ^a   Garoia, Flavio ^a   Cavicchi, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Developmental constraints; Drosophila melanogaster; Geographical variation; Wing shape

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031538931     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.201     Document Type: Article

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