The molecular basis of host adaptation in cactophilic Drosophila: molecular evolution of a glutathione S-transferase gene (GstD1) in Drosophila mojavensis.

Abstract excerpt

Drosophila mojavensis is a cactophilic fly endemic to the northwestern deserts of North America. This species includes four genetically isolated cactus host races each individually specializing on the necrotic tissues of a different cactus species. The necrosis of each cactus species provides the resident D. mojavensis populations with a distinct chemical environment. A previous investigation of the role of...

Topics

• Acclimatization
• Animals
• Desert Climate
• Drosophila
• Drosophila Proteins
• Evolution, Molecular
• Genetic Variation
• Geography
• Glutathione Transferase
• Mexico
• Molecular Sequence Data