The biometrical genetics of competitive parameters in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1990.27

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The biometrical genetics of competitive parameters in Drosophila melanogaster.

Heredity - 1 Apr 1990

Hemmat M, Eggleston P

Abstract excerpt

Despite the importance of competition as an evolutionary determinant in natural populations there have been few studies of the genetical control of competitive ability. Here, we report the results of a biometrical analysis of four continuously varying traits which, between them, describe the comp...

Topics

Animals
Biometry
Drosophila melanogaster
Epistasis, Genetic
Gene Expression
Genotype
Models, Genetic
Regression Analysis

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