The contrasting genetic architecture of wing size and shape in Drosophila melanogaster

Heredity

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 144-152

  Gilchrist, A S ^a   Partridge, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directional selection; Drosophila melanogaster; Epistasis; Genetic architecture; Wing shape; Wing size

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EPISTASIS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIANCE; NATURAL SELECTION; WING SIZE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034973642     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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