Genetics of fluctuating asymmetry in pupal traits of the speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria)

Heredity

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-234

  Windig, J J ^a,b   Nylin, S ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Developmental instability; Fluctuating asymmetry; Foodplant quality; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HERITABILITY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PUPA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PARARGE; PARARGE AEGERIA;

EID: 0036382027     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800130     Document Type: Article

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