The genetic bases of divergence in desiccation and starvation resistance among tropical and temperate populations of Drosophila melanogaster

Heredity

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 363-372

  Kennington, W J ^a   Gilchrist, A S ^a   Goldstein, D B ^a   Partridge, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive landscapes; Epistasis; Quantitative genetics; Shifting balance theory; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; DIVERGENCE; EPISTASIS; STARVATION; STRESS RESISTANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DESICCATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; STARVATION; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0035206947     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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