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ex0918: Speed of Evolution

Description

Researchers studied the development of a fly (Drosophila subobscura) that had been accidentally introduced from the Old World into North America around 1980.

Usage

ex0918

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 21 observations on the following 8 variables.

Continent

a factor with levels "NA" and "EU"

Latitude

latitude (degrees)

Females

average wing size (10\(^3\times\)log mm) of female flies on log scale

SE_Females

standard error of wing size (10\(^3\times\)log mm) of female flies on log scale

Males

average wing size (10\(^3\times\)log mm) of male flies on log scale

SE_Males

standard error of wing size (10\(^3\times\)log mm) of male flies on log scale

Ratio

average basal length to wing size ratios of female flies

SE_Ratio

standard error of average basal length to wing size ratio of female flies

References

Huey, R.B., Gilchrist, G.W., Carlson, M.L., Berrigan, D. and Serra, L. (2000). Rapid Evolution of a Geographic Cline in Size in an Introduced Fly, Science 287(5451): 308--309.

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
str(ex0918)
# }

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