Effects of Artificial Selection on Rates of Inbreeding in Populations of Drosophila Melanogaster

Abstract

The rate of inbreeding was studied using the conventional F value, as well as the "percentage of genes" technique of James and McBride (1958), in lines of D. melanogaster selected for increased abdominal bristle number for seven generations at intensities of 10, 20, and 50% with 10 pairs of parents.