Phenotypic variation of Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) as a response to larval competition for food;Variações fenotípicas em Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) em resposta à competição larval por alimento

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 223-231

  Lomônaco, Cecília ^a   Germanos, Érika ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Developmental noise; Fluctuating asymmetry; Genetic correlation; Insecta; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 43349089751     PISSN: 1519556X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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