Heritability and selection on body size in a natural population of Drosophila buzzatii.

doi:10.1093/genetics/141.1.181

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Heritability and selection on body size in a natural population of Drosophila buzzatii.

Genetics - 1 Sept 1995

Leibowitz A, Santos M, Fontdevila A

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An attempt was made to assess whether the phenotypic differences in body size (as measured by wing length) between wild-caught mating and single Drosophila buzzatii males could be attributed to genetic differences between the samples. Mating males were found to be larger and less variable than a...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Body Constitution
Drosophila
Female
Genes, Insect
Male
Phenotype
Selection, Genetic
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Wings, Animal

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