Evidence of genetic isolation between sexually monomorphic and sexually dimorphic traits in the water strider Aquarius remigis

Heredity

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 92-99

  Preziosi, Richard F ^a   Roff, Derek A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Genetic integration; Heritability; Size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; DIMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS;

AQUARIUS REMIGIS; GERRIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 0031855559     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1998.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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