The Drosophila heat shock hsr-omega gene: An allele frequency cline detected by quantitative PCR

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1568-1574

  McColl, Gawain ^b   McKechnie, Stephen W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cline; Drosophila melanogaster; Heat stress; Hsr omega; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RAIN;

ALLELISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; GEOGRAPHY; HEAT STRESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032713920     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026069     Document Type: Article

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