The quantitative genetics of fluctuating asymmetry

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 498-511

  Polak, Michal ^a   Starmer, William T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of additive genetic variation; Developmental instability; Dominance; Drosophila falleni; Epistasis; Fluctuating asymmetry; Genotypic variation; Heritability; Isofemale lines; Line cross analysis; Quantitative genetics; X chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; HERITABILITY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA FALLENI;

EID: 0034913558     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00784.x     Document Type: Article

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