Measuring fitness by means of balancer chromosomes

Genetical Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 297-313

  Barton, N H ^a   Partridge, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DEMOGRAPHY; DROSOPHILA; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; NONHUMAN; THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES, INSECT; MODELS, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0034047178     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672399004346     Document Type: Article

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