Climatic factors and increased frequencies of 'southern' chromosome forms in natural populations of Drosophila robusta

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 597-604

  Levitan, Max ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic factors; Drosophila robusta; Evolution; Gene arrangements; Historical changes; Paracentric inversions

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA ROBUSTA; INSECTA;

EID: 1642396963     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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