Data from: The relationship between morphology and flight in Drosophila: a first approach to its genetic basis

Flight is a crucial activity for winged insects, involving diverse
behaviors, and wing morphology has often been proposed as a key factor
influencing flight capacity. Traits such as wing loading, wing:ratio, and
wing aspect ratio have been suggested as targets of natural selection,
exhibiting environmental and genetic variability. Here, we evaluate the
relationship between morphological traits and two aspects of flight
performance: flight duration (PTF) and its robustness (CVPTF) in
Drosophila melanogaster. Additionally, we included wing
conformation (i.e., wing shape without the component explained by size),
using geometric morphometrics. We analyzed whether variation of flight
capacity can be attributed to morphological variation, employing 53 lines
of Drosophila melanogaster whose genome is fully sequenced.