Heritability of life span is largely sex limited in Drosophila

American Naturalist

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 653-665

  Lehtovaara, Anne ^a   Schielzeth, Holger ^a,b   Flis, Ilona ^a   Friberg, Urban ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variation; Aging; Drosophila melanogaster; Heritability; Life span; Sex specific variation

Indexed keywords

AGING; DISEASE; FLY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; LONGEVITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84885197766     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673296     Document Type: Article

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