A quantitative genetic study of starvation resistance at different geographic scales in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster

Genetics Research

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-259

  Goenaga, Julieta ^a   Fanara, Juan Jos ^a   Hasson, Esteban ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STARVATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEX FACTORS; STARVATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 79951828772     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672310000327     Document Type: Article

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