Selection on wing allometry in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1093/genetics/126.4.975

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Selection on wing allometry in Drosophila melanogaster.

Genetics - 1 Dec 1990

Weber K E

Abstract excerpt

Five bivariate distributions of wing dimensions of Drosophila melanogaster were measured, in flies 1) subjected to four defined environmental regimes during development, 2) taken directly from nature in seven U.S. states, 3) selected in ten populations for change in wing form, and 4) sampled from...

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Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genetic Variation
Male
Morphogenesis
Phenotype
Regression Analysis
Selection, Genetic

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