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Quantitative trait loci affecting the difference in pigmentation between Drosophila yakuba and D. santomea.
Genetics - 1 Sept 2005
Carbone Mary Anna, Llopart Ana, deAngelis Matthew, Coyne Jerry A, Mackay Trudy F C
Abstract excerpt
Using quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping, we studied the genetic basis of the difference in pigmentation between two sister species of Drosophila: Drosophila yakuba, which, like other members of the D. melanogaster subgroup, shows heavy black pigmentation on the abdomen of males and females, and D. santomea, an endemic to the African island of São Tomé, which has virtually no pigmentation. Here we mapped four...
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