Heritability and artificial selection on ambulatory dispersal distance in Tetranychus urticae: effects of density and maternal effects.

Dispersal distance is understudied although the evolution of dispersal distance affects the distribution of genetic diversity through space. Using the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, we tested the conditions under which dispersal distance could evolve. To this aim, we performed artific...

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Main Authors: Ellyn Valery Bitume, Dries Bonte, Sara Magalhães, Gilles San Martin, Stefan Van Dongen, Fabien Bach, Justin Michael Anderson, Isabelle Olivieri, Caroline Marie Nieberding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3204979?pdf=render