Effects of assay conditions in life history experiments with Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 199-209

  Ackermann, M ^a   Bijlsma, R ^b   James, A C ^c   Partridge, L ^d   Zwaan, B J ^e   Stearns, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assay environment; Drosophila; Genotype environment interaction; Life history; Selection experiments

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SELECTION;

EID: 0035059143     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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