Rapid evolution of the intersexual genetic correlation for fitness in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>
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Rapid evolution of the intersexual genetic correlation for fitness in Drosophila melanogaster Julie M. Collet,1,2,∗ Sara Fuentes,1,∗ Jack Hesketh,1 Mark S. Hill,1 Paolo Innocenti,3 Edward H. Morrow,3,4 Kevin Fowler,1 and Max Reuter1,5 1Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom 2Current Address: School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia 3Department of Animal Ecology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden 4Current Address: School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom 5E-mail: [email protected]
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Rapid evolution of the intersexual genetic correlation for fitness in Drosophila melanogaster
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