Altitudinal clinal variation in wing size and shape in african drosophila melanogaster: One cline or many?

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 438-452

  Pitchers, William ^a   Pool, John E ^b   Dworkin, Ian ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Allometry; Geometric morphometrics; Latitude; Thermal plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CLINE; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORELIMB; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEAT; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AFRICA; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC VARIATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; WING;

AFRICA;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84873058092     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01774.x     Document Type: Article

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