When a fly has to fly to reproduce: selection against conditional recessive lethals in drosophila

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-15

  Plunkett, Andrea D ^a   Yampolsky, Lev Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology teaching; Drosophila; Homozygosity; Natural selection; Recessive alleles

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 75949085869     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/abt.2010.72.1.4     Document Type: Article

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