Variation in body size and life history traits in Drosophila aldrichi and D. buzzatii from a latitudinal cline in eastern Australia

Heredity

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 423-433

  Loeschcke, Volker ^a,b   Bundgaard, Jørgen ^a,b   Barker, J S F ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developmental temperature; Fluctuating asymmetry; Latitudinal variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Thorax size; Wing size

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION; FORELIMB; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; LATITUDE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PROGENY; THORAX; WILD RELATIVE;

BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HERITABILITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THORAX; WING;

AUSTRALIA;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA ALDRICHI; DROSOPHILA BUZZATII; DROSOPHILIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034490143     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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