Nucleotide and repeat length variation at the nonA gene of the Drosophila virilis group species and its effects on male courtship song

Genetica

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-167

  Huttunen, Susanna ^a   Vieira, Jorge ^b   Hoikkala, Anneli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Courtship song; D. virilis; DNA homopolymer variation; NonA

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXONS; FEMALE; INTRONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; MELANOGASTER; VIRILIS GROUP;

EID: 0036623399     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020102602268     Document Type: Article

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