
%0 Journal Article
%A Sheldon, BL 
%T Studies in Artificial Selection of Quantitative Characters II. Selection for Body Weight in Drosophila Melanogaster
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1963/06/01
%V 16
%N 2
%P 516-541
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9630516
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9630516 
%X The method of diallel crossing within a population with random mating was used to estimate genetic parameters for body weight in an Oregon-RO laboratory stock. This showed an absence of additive genetic variability, a high proportion of non-additive genetic variability, and considerable genotype-environment interaction. 
