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Lack of response to artificial selection on developmental stability of partial wing shape components in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetica - 1 Apr 2014
Tsujino Masahiro, Takahashi Kazuo H
Abstract excerpt
Developmental stability, the ability of organisms to buffer their developmental processes against developmental noise is often evaluated with fluctuating asymmetry (FA). Natural genetic variation in FA has been investigated using Drosophila wings as a model system and the recent estimation of the heritability of wing shape FA was as large as 20%. Because natural genetic variation in wing shape FA was found to...
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