Is the heritability for courtship and mating speed in Drosophila (fruit fly) low?

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-162

  Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Courtship; Drosophila; Heritability; Mating speed; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HERITABILITY; MATING SYSTEM;

COURTSHIP; FLY; HERITABILITY; MATING BEHAVIOR;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0033083425     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884640     Document Type: Article

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