Lack of nonadditive genetic effects on early fecundity in Drosophila melanogaster

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 558-565

  Fernandez J ^a,b,c   Rodriguez Ramilo S T ^a   Perez Figueroa A ^a   Lopez Fanjul C ^b   Caballero, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Dominance; Genetic variance; Heritability; Inbreeding depression

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0242668316     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb01547.x     Document Type: Article

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