Polymorphism in the neurofibromin gene, Nf1, is associated with antagonistic selection on wing size and development time in Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2716-2725

  Lee, Siu F ^a   Eyre Walker, Ying Chen ^b   Rane, Rahul V ^a   Reuter, Caroline ^b   Vinti, Giovanna ^b   Rako, Lea ^a   Partridge, Linda ^b   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

candidate gene; cline; Drosophila melanogaster; neurofibromin; Nf1; wing size

Indexed keywords

NEUROFIBROMIN; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; TIME;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY SIZE; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROFIBROMIN 1; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; WING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876816670     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12301     Document Type: Article

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