Temporal uniformity of the spontaneous mutational variance of quantitative traits in Drosophila melanogaster

Genetical Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-51

  García Dorado, Aurora ^a   Fernández, Jesus ^a   López Fanjul, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORELIMB; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MUTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0342470982     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672399004267     Document Type: Article

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