Effects of stress combinations on the expression of additive genetic variation for fecundity in Drosophila melanogaster

Genetical Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-18

  Sgrò, Carla M ^a,b   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PROGENY; STRESS;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; COLD; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031692214     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672398003310     Document Type: Article

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