Palaeoclimatic variation, adaptation and biogeography of inversion polymorphisms in natural populations of Drosophila robusta

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 395-411

  Etges, William J ^a   Levitan, Max ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clines; Deciduous forests; Diptera; Evolution; Linked inversions; Miocene; Natural selection; North America; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; MIOCENE; NATURAL SELECTION; PALEOCLIMATE;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA ROBUSTA;

EID: 1642386293     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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