Mutation-selection balance accounting for genetic variation for viability in Drosophila melanogaster as deduced from an inbreeding and artificial selection experiment

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 528-541

  Rodriguez Ramilo S T ^a   Perez Figueroa A ^a   Fernandez B ^a   Fernandez J ^a,b   Caballero, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deleterious mutations; Dominance; Heritability; Inbreeding depression

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MUTATION; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS BREEDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS, POPULATION; INBREEDING; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPAIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 2342641632     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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