M. A. Bird and H. E. Schaffer, A study on the genetic basis of the sexual dimorphism for wing length in Drosophila melanogaster, Genetics, vol.72, pp.475-487, 1972.

P. Capy, E. Pla, and J. R. David, Phenotypic and genetic variability of morphometrical traits in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans. II. Within-population variability, Genet. Sel. Evol, vol.26, pp.15-28, 1994.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00894016

J. J. Colleau, Evaluation génétique des animaux d'élevage. Inra Prod. Anim., Special Issue "50 ans de recherches en productions animales à l'INRA, pp.27-40, 1996.

D. E. Cowley and W. R. Atchley, Quantitative genetics of Drosophila melanogaster. II. Heritabilities and genetic correlations between sexes for head and thorax traits, Genetics, vol.119, pp.421-433, 1988.

D. E. Cowley, W. R. Atchley, and J. J. Rutledge, Quantitative genetics of Drosophila melanogaster. I. Sexual dimorphism in genetic parameters for wing traits, Genetics, vol.114, pp.549-566, 1986.

J. David, B. Moreteau, J. P. Gauthier, G. Pétavy, A. Stockel et al., Reaction norms of size characters in relation to growth temperatures in Drosophila melanogaster : an isofemale lines analysis, Genet. Sel. Evol, vol.26, pp.229-251, 1994.

J. R. David, P. Gibert, S. Mignon-grasteau, H. Legout, G. Pétavy et al., Genetic variability of sexual dimorphism in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster, J. Genet, vol.82, pp.79-88, 2003.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02683209

D. Gianola and R. L. Fernando, Bayesian methods in animal breeding theory, J. Anim. Sci, vol.63, pp.217-244, 1986.

D. Gianola, J. L. Foulley, and R. L. Fernando, Prediction of breeding values when variances are not known, Genet. Sel. Evol, vol.18, pp.485-497, 1986.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00893702

P. Gibert, B. Moreteau, J. C. Moreteau, and J. R. David, Genetic variability of quantitative traits in Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) natural populations: analysis of wild living flies and of several laboratory generations, Heredity, vol.80, pp.326-335, 1998.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00428474

C. R. Henderson, A simple method for computing the inverse of a numerator relationship matrix used in prediction of breeding values, Biometrics, vol.32, pp.69-83, 1976.

A. A. Hoffmann and P. A. Parsons, The analysis of quantitative variation in natural populations with isofemale strains, Genet. Sel. Evol, vol.20, pp.87-98, 1988.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00893747

S. Mignon-grasteau, C. Beaumont, J. P. Poivey, and H. De-rochambeau, Estimation of the genetic parameters of sexual dimorphism of body weight in label chickens and Muscovy ducks, Genet. Sel. Evol, vol.30, pp.481-491, 1998.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00894223

A. Neumaier and E. Groeneveld, Restricted maximum likeli hood of covariances in sparse linear models, Genet. Sel. Evol, vol.30, pp.13-26, 1998.

F. M. Norry, J. C. Vilardi, and E. Hasson, Genetic and phenotypic correlations among size-related traits and heritability variation between body parts in Drosophila buzzatii, Genetica, vol.101, pp.131-139, 1997.

H. D. Patterson and R. Thompson, Recovery of inter-block information when block sizes are unequal, Biometrika, vol.58, pp.545-554, 1971.

K. Pearson, On a form of spurious correlation which may arise when indices are used in the measurement of organs, Proc. R. Soc. London, vol.60, pp.489-502, 1897.

T. Prout and J. S. Barker, Ecological aspects of the heritability of body size in Drosophila buzzatii, Genetics, vol.123, pp.803-813, 1989.

J. P. Reeve and D. J. Fairbairn, Sexual size dimorphism as a correlated response to selection on body size: an empirical test of the quantitative genetic model, Evolution, vol.50, pp.1927-1938, 1996.

D. A. Roff and T. A. Mousseau, Quantitative genetics of fitness: lessons from Drosophila, Heredity, vol.58, pp.103-118, 1987.

A. Ruiz, M. Santos, A. Barbadilla, J. E. Quezada-diaz, E. Hasson et al., Genetic variance for body size in a natural population of Drosophila buzzatii, Genetics, vol.128, p.739, 1991.

. Sas-institute-inc, SAS/STAT® User's guide, version 6, 1989.

T. M. Sutherland, The correlation between feed efficiency and rate of gain, a ratio and its denominator, Biometrics, vol.21, pp.739-749, 1965.