Life-history consequences of divergent selection on egg size in Drosophila melanogaster

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-340

  Schwarzkopf, Lin ^a   Blows, Mark W ^a,b   Caley, M Julian ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Drosophila melanogaster; Egg size; Fecundity; Life history; Quantitative genetics; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; TRADE-OFF;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0032709287     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303242     Document Type: Article

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