No effect of environmental heterogeneity on the maintenance of genetic variation in wing shape in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01075.x

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No effect of environmental heterogeneity on the maintenance of genetic variation in wing shape in Drosophila melanogaster.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Dec 2010

Yeaman Sam, Chen Yukon, Whitlock Michael C

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Theory suggests that heterogeneous environments should maintain more genetic variation within populations than homogeneous environments, yet experimental evidence for this effect in quantitative traits has been inconsistent. To examine the effect of heterogeneity on quantitative genetic variation, we maintained replicate populations of Drosophila melanogaster under treatments with constant temperatures,...

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Adaptation, Biological
Animal Migration
Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Gene Flow
Genetic Fitness
Genetic Variation
Male
Temperature
Wings, Animal

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PMID: 20624178
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01075.x

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