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Adaptation of Drosophila melanogaster to increased NaCl concentration due to dominant beneficial mutations.
Genetica - 1 Feb 2011
Zhang Mingcai, Azad Priti, Woodruff R C
Abstract excerpt
New beneficial mutations, combined with selection, were responsible for quick adaptation of Drosophila melanogaster to a novel environment. Using a highly inbred homozygous stock of D. melanogaster, we observed that in thirty generations the original stock had evolved to resist a previously toxic level of dietary salt (NaCl) and to produce a significantly higher number of progeny when reared in elevated salt...
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