Non-African origin of a local beneficial mutation in D. melanogaster.

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It is well understood that the out-of-Africa habitat expansion of D. melanogaster was associated with the fixation of many beneficial mutations. Nevertheless, it is not clear yet whether these beneficial mutations segregated already in Africa or originated outside of Africa. In this article, we describe an ongoing selective sweep specific to one European population. One microsatellite allele has increased in a...

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