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Variation in male courtship song traits in Drosophila virilis: the effects of selection and drift on song divergence at the intraspecific level.
Behavior genetics - 1 Jan 2008
Huttunen Susanna, Aspi Jouni, Schlötterer Christian, Routtu Jarkko, Hoikkala Anneli
Abstract excerpt
Genetic and phenotypic divergence of Drosophila virilis laboratory strains originating from different parts of the species range were studied with the aid of microsatellite markers and by analysing male courtship songs. The strains from America, Europe, continental Asia and Japan showed moderate geographic clustering both at the genetic level and in several traits of the male song. The genetic distances and the...
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