Pigmentation in Drosophila melanogaster reaches its maximum in Ethiopia and correlates most strongly with ultra-violet radiation in sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bastide, Héloïse ^a   Yassin, Amir ^a   Johanning, Evan J ^a   Pool, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bogert's rule; Drosophila; Gloger's rule; Melanism; Thoracic trident; UV resistance

Indexed keywords

CLINE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; PIGMENT; POPULATION GENETICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

MELANIN;

ABDOMEN; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ETHIOPIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THORAX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ABDOMEN; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MELANINS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; THORAX; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84908090379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-014-0179-y     Document Type: Article

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