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An amino acid polymorphism in the couch potato gene forms the basis for climatic adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Oct 2008
Schmidt Paul S, Zhu Chen-Tseh, Das Jayatri, Batavia Mariska, Yang Li, Eanes Walter F
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Diapause is the classic adaptation to seasonality in arthropods, and its expression can result in extreme lifespan extension as well as enhanced resistance to environmental challenges. Little is known about the underlying evolutionary genetic architecture of diapause in any organism. Drosophila melanogaster exhibits a reproductive diapause that is variable within and among populations; the incidence of diapause...
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