Directional selection and heritability for pupal weight in the screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Two factory production strains of the screwworm, C. hominivorax (C.), were subjected to directional selection for increasing or decreasing pupal weight at 4 days. After seven or eight cycles of mass selection, average pupal weight increased from 50 mg to 75 to 80 mg in heavy pupae lines, with herita...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of the Entomological Society of America 1983-01, Vol.76 (1), p.30-36
Hauptverfasser:	Mcinnis, D.O, Wendel, L.E, Whitten, C.J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Calliphoridae Cochliomyia hominivorax
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