The direct response of Drosophila melanogaster to selection on knockdown temperature

Heredity

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-29

  Gilchrist, George W ^a,b   Huey, Raymond B ^b  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Drosophila melanogaster; Knockdown; Performance; Temperature

Indexed keywords

GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033166359     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6885330     Document Type: Article

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