A fitness cost of learning ability in Drosophila melanogaster

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1532, 2003, Pages 2465-2469

  Mery, Frederic ^a   Kawecki, Tadeusz J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Competition; Experimental evolution; Learning; Selection; Trade off

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; LEARNING; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FITNESS; FITNESS COST; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INBREEDING; LARVA; LEARNING; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0344197463     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2548     Document Type: Article

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