Latitudinal clines for morphometrical traits in Drosophila kikkawai: A study of natural populations from the Indian subcontinent

Genetical Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-38

  Karan, Dev ^a   Munjal, Ashok K ^a   Gibert, Patricia ^b   Moreteau, Brigitte ^b   Parkash, Ravi ^a   David, Jean R ^b  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DROSOPHILA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; MORPHOMETRICS; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OVARY; POPULATION GENETICS; SRI LANKA; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; SRI LANKA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA KIKKAWAI;

EID: 0031833504     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672397003054     Document Type: Article

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