Evolutionary responses of the life history of wild-caught Drosophila melanogaster to two standard methods of laboratory culture

American Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 341-353

  Sgro, C M ^a   Partridge, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Genetic correlation; Laboratory culture; Life history; Mutation accumulation; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLY; LIFE HISTORY;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0033800084     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303394     Document Type: Article

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