The genetic basis of adaptive pigmentation variation in Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2844-2851

  Pool, John E ^a,b   Aquadro, Charles F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abdominal pigmentation; Drosophila melanogaster; Ebony; Ecological adaptation; Partial selective sweep; Sub Saharan populations

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EBONY PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOTE; LIGHT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ABDOMEN; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOTE; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 34447132938     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03324.x     Document Type: Article

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