Density-dependent natural selection in Drosophila: Adaptation to adult crowding

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-376

  Joshi, Amitabh ^a,b   Wu, Wan Pin ^a   Mueller, Laurence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adult crowding; Density dependent selection; Drosophila melanogaster; Life history

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; NATURAL SELECTION;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0031972165     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006508418493     Document Type: Article

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