Patterns of microsatellite variability among X chromosomes and autosomes indicate a high frequency of beneficial mutations in non-African D. simulans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1384-1390

  Schöfl, Gerhard ^a   Schlötterer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drosophila simulans; Microsatellites; Out of Africa; Selective sweep

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; EUROPE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; NONHUMAN; X CHROMOSOME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 3042692452     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh132     Document Type: Article

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