Phenotypic correlations among fitness and its components in a population of the housefly

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 919-923

  Reed, D H ^a,b   Bryant, E H ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive index; Fitness measures; Inbreeding depression; Life history traits; Musca domestica; Phenotypic correlations; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FLY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; TRADE-OFF;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HOUSE FLY; LITTER SIZE; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; FERTILITY; HOUSEFLIES; LITTER SIZE; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); TEXAS;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 3042819702     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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