Effects of inbreeding and environmental stress on fitness - Using Drosophila buzzatii as a model organism

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 453-465

  Kristensen, Torsten Nygaard ^a,b   Dahlgaard, Jesper ^a,c   Loeschcke, Volker ^a,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Drosophila buzzatii; Environmental stress; Genotype environment interaction; Inbreeding depression; Model organisms; Novel environments; Phenotypic variation; Productivity; Purging

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PRODUCTIVITY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INBREEDING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA BUZZATII; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0042066715     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024763013798     Document Type: Article

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