Estimating the heritability of female lifetime fecundity in a locally adapted Drosophila melanogaster population

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 637-643

  Long, T A F ^a   Miller, P M ^a   Stewart, A D ^a   Rice, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Dam daughter regression; Drosophila melanogaster; Female fitness; Half sib analysis; Heritability; Lifetime fecundity

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FLY; HERITABILITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; HEREDITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEREDITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 60649092966     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01676.x     Document Type: Article

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