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Very low additive genetic variance and evolutionary potential in multiple populations of two rainforest Drosophila species.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 May 2006
Kellermann Vanessa M, Van Heerwaarden Belinda, Hoffmann Ary A, Sgrò Carla M
Abstract excerpt
Most quantitative traits are thought to exhibit high levels of genetic variance and evolutionary potential. However, this conclusion may be biased by a lack of studies on nonmodel organisms and may not generalize to restricted species. A recent study on a single, southern population of the rainforest-restricted Drosophila birchii failed to find significant additive genetic variance for the desiccation resistance...
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