Latitudinal variation of wing:thorax size ratio and wing-aspect ratio in Drosophila melanogaster

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1353-1362

  Azevedo, Ricardo B R ^a,b   James, Avis C ^a   McCabe, Jennie ^a   Partridge, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Flight; Latitudinal cline; Phenotypic plasticity; Thermal selection; Wing loading

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT ACTIVITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031763961     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb02017.x     Document Type: Article

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