Genetic recombination and adaptation to fluctuating environments: Selection for geotaxis in Drosophila melanogaster

Heredity

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-84

  Bourguet, D ^a,b   Gair, J ^a   Mattice, M ^a   Whitlock, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Directional selection; Drosophila melanogaster; Epistasis; Evolution of sex; Fluctuating environment; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; RECOMBINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENT; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0038573894     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800283     Document Type: Article

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