The distribution of phenotypic variance with inbreeding

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1143-1156

  Fowler, Kevin ^a   Whitlock, Michael C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Inbreeding; Peak shifts; Phenotypic variance; Wing traits

Indexed keywords

INBREEDING; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032882655     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb04528.x     Document Type: Article

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