Limits to the southern border of Drosophila serrata: Cold resistance, heritable variation, and trade-offs

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1823-1834

  Jenkins, Nicole L ^a,b   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila serrata; Evolutionary hypotheses; Field heritability; Genetic variation; Species borders; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

COLD TOLERANCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA IMMIGRANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SERRATA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0033451756     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb04565.x     Document Type: Article

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