Selection for knockdown resistance to heat in Drosophila melanogaster at high and low larval densities

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 619-625

  Bubli, Oleg A ^a   Imasheva, Alexandra G ^a   Loeschcke, Volker ^b  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body size; Drosophila melanogaster; Environmental stress; Heat resistance; Larval density; Selection

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; HEAT RESISTANCE; LARVAL DENSITY;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031900755     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb01661.x     Document Type: Article

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