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Length polymorphism and head shape association among genes with polyglutamine repeats in the stalk-eyed fly, Teleopsis dalmanni.
BMC evolutionary biology - 27 Jul 2010
Birge Leanna M, Pitts Marie L, Baker Richard H, Wilkinson Gerald S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Polymorphisms of single amino acid repeats (SARPs) are a potential source of genetic variation for rapidly evolving morphological traits. Here, we characterize variation in and test for an association between SARPs and head shape, a trait under strong sexual selection, in the stalk-eyed fly, Teleopsis dalmanni. Using an annotated expressed sequence tag database developed from eye-antennal imaginal...
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