Lack of response to selection for directional asymmetry in Drosophila melanogaster.
Thirty generations of selection for directional asymmetry of eye size was practiced on a stock of D. melanogaster homozygous for the mutant eyeless-recessive. There was no obvious response, supporting previous findings that it is difficult to select for right- and left-handed expression of traits in Drosophila.
D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D005123:Eye; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D012641:Selection, Genetic