The evolution of shape in the wing dimorphic cricket, Allonemobius socius

Heredity

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 446-455

  Roff, Derek A ^a   Bradford, Michael J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Genetic correlations; Heritability; Quantitative genetics; Threshold traits

Indexed keywords

ALLONEMOBIUS SOCIUS;

EID: 0031955607     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1998.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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