Wing-size heritability in a natural population of Drosophila subobscura

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 100-106

  Orengo, Dorcas Juana ^a   Prevosti, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drosophila subobscura; Heritability; Natural populations; Wing size

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA; FORELIMB; GENETIC TRAIT; HERITABILITY; SIZE;

EID: 0033055107     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884390     Document Type: Article

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