Stress temperatures and quantitative variation in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2540.1998.00384.x

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Stress temperatures and quantitative variation in Drosophila melanogaster.

Heredity - 1 Sept 1998

Imasheva A G, Loeschcke V, Zhivotovsky L A, Lazebny O E

Abstract excerpt

Using an isofemale line analysis, we analysed the consequences of extreme rearing temperatures for genetic variation in quantitative characters in Drosophila melanogaster. Three types of characters were used: life history (viability and developmental time), body size (thorax length and wing lengt...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genetic Variation
Phenotype
Quantitative Trait, Heritable
Stress, Physiological
Temperature

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