Patterns of microsatellite variability among X chromosomes and autosomes indicate a high frequency of beneficial mutations in non-African D. simulans.

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We analyzed microsatellite variability at 42 X-linked and 39 autosomal loci from African and European populations of Drosophila simulans. The African D. simulans harbored significantly more microsatellite variability than the European flies. In the European population, X-linked polymorphism was more reduced than autosomal variation, whereas there was no significant difference between chromosomes in the African...

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