Experimental test and refutation of a classic case of molecular adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster

Nature Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Siddiq, Mohammad A ^a   Loehlin, David W ^b   Montooth, Kristi L ^c   Thornton, Joseph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

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EID: 85019671605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2397334X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-016-0025     Document Type: Article

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