Correlated response in reproductive and life history traits to selection on testis length in Drosophila hydei

Heredity

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 416-426

  Pitnick, Scott ^a   Miller, Gary T ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Body size; Pleiotropy; Reproduction; Sperm; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; HERITABILITY; MICROEVOLUTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); TESTIS;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA HYDEI; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034131233     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00679.x     Document Type: Article

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