Local adaptation for body color in Drosophila Americana: Commentary on Wittkopp et al.

Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 904-905

  Clusella Trullas, S ^a   Terblanche, J S ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LETTER; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTATION;

DROSOPHILA AMERICANA;

EID: 79955079532     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.141     Document Type: Letter

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