Genetically controlled environmental variance for sternopleural bristles in Drosophila melanogaster - An experimental test of a heterogeneous variance model

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 196-201

  Sørensen, Anders Christian ^a   Kristensen, Torsten Nygaard ^a   Loeschcke, Volker ^a   Ibáñez, Noelia ^b,c   Sorensen, Daniel ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drift; Environmental variance; Genetic variance; Inbreeding; Model comparisons

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 41749090872     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700801959403     Document Type: Article

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