Adaptation and constraint in the evolution of Drosophila melanogaster wing shape

Evolution and Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 114-124

  Gilchrist, A S ^a   Azevedo, R B R ^b   Partridge, L ^a   O'Higgins, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; WING;

EID: 0033933670     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-142X.2000.00041.x     Document Type: Article

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