Mortality patterns in Drosophila buzzatii lines selected for wing length and developmental time.

MARÍA SOTO, IGNACIO; EDUARDO SOTO,; VALERIA CARREIRA,; ESTEBAN HASSON,; SOTO, IGNACIO

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Oklahoma University

Año: 2005 vol. 88 p. 38 - 42

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Intrinsic mortality patterns become evident when the external mortality factors are removed asin laboratory rearing conditions. Mortality can be affected directly or indirectly by selection regimesBesides, genetic correlations among traits are a central feature in quantitative genetics and also provide a parameter to measure indirect responses to selection in other traits, sharing genes with the true target of selection. This approach is fruitful in experiments aimed to address indirect effects of artificial selection. In the present study, we investigated the intrinsic mortality patterns in Drosophila buzzatii lines selected for wing length and developmental time