Variation and heritability of aristal morphology in a natural population of Drosophila mediopunctata.

doi:10.1111/j.1601-5223.1998.00067.x

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Variation and heritability of aristal morphology in a natural population of Drosophila mediopunctata.

Hereditas - 1 Jan 1998

Bitner-Mathé B C, Klaczko L B

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We studied the major sources influencing the variation of the number of aristal branches in a natural population of Drosophila mediopunctata. Flies were collected on six occasions at different altitudes in Parque Nacional do Itatiaia (Brazil). The progenies of these flies were reared in the labor...

Topics

Altitude
Animals
Chromosome Inversion
Drosophila
Female
Gene Rearrangement
Genetic Variation
Seasons
Sense Organs
X Chromosome

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