Restrictive flamenco alleles are maintained in Drosophila melanogaster population cages, despite the absence of their endogenous gypsy retroviral targets

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 498-504

  Pélisson, Alain ^a   Payen Groschêne, Geneviève ^a   Terzian, Christophe ^b,c   Bucheton, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Anti gypsy resistance cost; Balancing selection; Drosophila melanogaster; flamenco; Linkage desequilibrium; Natural and experimental populations

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INNATE IMMUNITY; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENES, REPORTER; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROVIRUSES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33846804299     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl176     Document Type: Article

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