Does fitness erode in the absence of selection? An experimental test with Tribolium

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 407-411

  Lomnicki, A ^a   Jasienski, M ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATING; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STARVATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

TRIBOLIUM; TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM;

EID: 0033828523     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/91.5.407     Document Type: Article

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