Lack of response to selection for directional asymmetry in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110329

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Lack of response to selection for directional asymmetry in Drosophila melanogaster.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Coyne J A

Abstract excerpt

Thirty generations of selection for directional asymmetry of eye size was practiced on a stock of D. melanogaster homozygous for the mutant eyeless-recessive. There was no obvious response, supporting previous findings that it is difficult to select for right- and left-handed expression of traits...

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Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Eye
Female
Male
Mutation
Selection, Genetic

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