A case of abnormal sex-dimorphism for bristle number in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1996.119

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A case of abnormal sex-dimorphism for bristle number in Drosophila melanogaster.

Heredity - 1 Aug 1996

Rasmuson M

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A line of Drosophila melanogaster with average male sternopleural bristle number higher than that of females was obtained after many generations of disruptive selection, where males with high bristle score were mated to females with low scores. This abnormal sex-dimorphism did not influence other...

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Animals
Crosses, Genetic
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genetic Markers
Genetic Variation
Male
Mutation
Selection, Genetic
Sex Characteristics
X Chromosome

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