Regeneration of the variance of metric traits by spontaneous mutation in a Drosophila population

Genetics Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-102

  Amador, Carmen ^a,b   García Dorado, Aurora ^a   Bersabé, Diego ^a   López Fanjul, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EFFECT SIZE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LABORATORY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; REGENERATION; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; ANIMAL; GENE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES, INSECT; GENETICS, POPULATION; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77954477814     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001667231000011X     Document Type: Article

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