No trade-off between learning ability and parasitoid resistance in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1359-1363

  Kolss, M ^a   Kraaijeveld, A R ^b   Mery, F ^a   Kawecki, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlated response to selection; Drosophila; Genetic correlation; Immunity; Learning; Memory; Parasitoid resistance; Trade off

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNITY; LEARNING; MEMORY; PARASITOID; PHYSIOLOGY; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LEARNING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LEARNING; SELECTION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA;

EID: 33745203047     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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