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Peter A. Parsons

Peter A. Parsons

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
11588
World Ranking
3604
National Ranking
278

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Peter A. Parsons is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia. Their academic career is marked by recognition from professional scientific organizations.

In 1986, Peter A. Parsons was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Evolutionary Genetics and Environmental Stress

    Ary A. Hoffmann;P. A. Parsons

  • FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY: AN EPIGENETIC MEASURE OF STRESS

    P. A. Parsons

  • Fluctuating asymmetry: a biological monitor of environmental and genomic stress.

    P A Parsons

  • The genetics of behavior

    Lee Ehrman;P. A. Parsons

  • An integrated approach to environmental stress tolerance and life-history variation: desiccation tolerance in Drosophila

    Ary A. Hoffmann;P. A. Parsons

  • Geographical ecology. Patterns in the distribution of species: By Robert H. MacArthur. Pp. 269. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 1984. Paperback £13.90 (Original hardback edition Harpes & Row, 1972)

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  • Selection for increased desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster: additive genetic control and correlated responses for other stresses.

    A A Hoffmann;P A Parsons

  • Linkage and Recombination in Evolution

    W.F. Bodmer;P.A. Parsons

  • The Evolutionary Biology of Colonizing Species

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  • The analysis of quantitative variation in natural populations with isofemale strains

    A.A. Hoffmann;P.A. Parsons

  • Environments and evolution: interactions between stress, resource inadequacy and energetic efficiency

    Peter A. Parsons

  • Evolutionary Rates under Environmental Stress

    P. A. Parsons

  • Direct and correlated responses to selection for desiccation resistance: a comparison of Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans

    Ary A. Hoffmann;P. A. Parsons

  • Evolutionary Rates: Stress and Species Boundaries

    P. A. Parsons

  • Behavior genetics and evolution

    Lee Ehrman;P. A. Parsons

  • Selection for adult desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster: fitness components, larval resistance and stress correlations

    Ary. A. Hoffmann;P. A. Parsons

  • Isofemale Strains and Evolutionary Strategies in Natural Populations

    Peter A. Parsons

  • Evolutionary rates: effects of stress upon recombination

    P. A. Parsons

  • Directional selection for duration of copulation in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Ian T. MacBean;P. A. Parsons

  • Maternal age and developmental variability.

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  • Fly size, emergence time and sternopleural chaeta number in Drosophila

    P A Parsons

  • THE GENETICS OF BEHAVIOR

    Philip Hedrick;Lee Ehrman;Peter A. Parsons

Frequent Co-Authors

Ary A. Hoffmann
Ary A. Hoffmann University of Melbourne
Walter F. Bodmer
Walter F. Bodmer University of Oxford
Philip W. Hedrick
Philip W. Hedrick Arizona State University
David M. Doddrell
David M. Doddrell University of Queensland

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