Latitudinal variation in wild populations of Drosophila melanogaster: Heritabilities and reaction norms

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 222-232

  Van 'T Land, J ^b   Van Putten, P ^c   Zwaan, B ^a   Kamping, A ^d   Van Delden, W ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Body size; Drosophila; Genetic; Latitudinal variation; Life history

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 2442739337     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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