An interspecific qtl study of drosophila wing size and shape variation to investigate the genetic basis of morphological differences

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2032-2049

  Matta, B P ^a   Bitner Mathe B C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Drosophila sechellia; Drosophila simulans; Qtl mapping; Quantitative variation; Transgressive segregation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA SECHELLIA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; INBRED STRAIN; INTROGRESSION; LIMB BLOOD VESSEL; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; WING SHAPE; WING SIZE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SECHELLIA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; MELANOGASTER SUBGROUP;

EID: 78149440006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol9-4gmr929     Document Type: Article

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