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Wing shape heritability and morphological divergence of the sibling species Drosophila mercatorum and Drosophila paranaensis.
Heredity - 1 May 2004
Moraes E M, Manfrin M H, Laus A C, Rosada R S, Bomfin S C, Sene F M
Abstract excerpt
The fruit-flies Drosophila paranaensis and Drosophila mercatorum pararepleta are sibling species belonging to the repleta group. Females of these two species are normally considered to be morphologically indistinguishable while males only differ consistently in the morphology of their genitalia. These species are sympatric throughout a large area of their geographic distribution. In this study, we investigated...
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