Age-specific mortality rates were studied at two adult density levels in four inbred lines of Drosophila melanogaster. In experimental populations, adult densities were maintained at constant levels throughout the experiment by replacing dead flies with live, marked mutants. In control populations,
Density and age-specific mortality
β Scribed by James W. Curtsinger
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 295 KB
- Volume
- 96
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-6707
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