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Variation in coxal chaeta number on each of the three pairs of legs of Drosophila melanogaster is investigated, alongside that for sternopleural chaeta number, and the selectively optimal phenotypes are estimated employing the method developed by Caligari and Mather, 1980. The results point to coxal chaeta number being subject to stabilizing selection as was inferred previously for sternopleural chaeta number.
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Caligari, P. The selectively optimal phenotypes of the coxal chaetae in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity 47, 79–85 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1981.60
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