Canalization at two extra scutellar bristles: artificial selection, chromosome analysis, and effect of temperature.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a111184

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Canalization at two extra scutellar bristles: artificial selection, chromosome analysis, and effect of temperature.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Piñeiro R

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Two isofemale lines (P1 and P2) from a wild-type population of Drosophila melanogaster were selected for an invariant phenotype, two symmetrical and anterior scutellar extra bristles. Both P1 and P2 lines responded quickly to direct selection for two extra bristles, but although this phenotype wa...

Topics

Animals
Chromosomes
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genetics, Population
Male
Mutation
Phenotype
Selection, Genetic
Temperature

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