Article
Genetic adaptation to captivity and inbreeding depression in small laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetics - 1 Jan 1995
Latter B D, Mulley J C
Abstract excerpt
The rate of adaptation to a competitive laboratory environment and the associated inbreeding depression in measures of reproductive fitness have been observed in populations of Drosophila melanogaster with mean effective breeding size of the order of 50 individuals. Two large wild-derived populations and a long-established laboratory cage population were used as base stocks, from which subpopulations were...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Animals, Laboratory
- Animals, Wild
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Enzymes
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Inbreeding
- Isoenzymes
- Male
- Reproduction