Adaptation to the laboratory environment in Drosophila subobscura

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-19

  Matos, M ^a   Rose, M R ^b   Rocha Pite M T ^a   Rego, C ^a   Avelar, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Additive genetic correlation; Additive genetic variance; Drosophila subobscura; Novel environment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FLY; GENETIC VARIATION;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA;

EID: 0033977797     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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