Factors affecting the genetic load in Drosophila: Synergistic epistasis and correlations among fitness components

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1654-1660

  Whitlock, Michael C ^a   Bourguet, Denis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Genetic load; Pleiotropy; Synergistic epistasis

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FLY; GENETICS; PRODUCTIVITY;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033709990     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00709.x     Document Type: Article

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