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Molecular basis of adaptive shift in body size in Drosophila melanogaster: functional and sequence analyses of the Dca gene.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Aug 2011
Lee Siu F, Chen Ying, Varan Aiden K, Wee Choon W, Rako Lea, Axford Jason K, Good Robert T, Blacket Mark J, Reuter Caroline, Partridge Linda, Hoffmann Ary A
Abstract excerpt
Latitudinal body size clines in animals conforming to Bergmann's rule occur on many continents but isolating their underlying genetic basis remains a challenge. In Drosophila melanogaster, the gene Dca accounts for approximately 5-10% of the natural wing size variation (McKechnie SW, Blacket MJ, Song SV, Rako L, Carroll X, Johnson TK, Jensen LT, Lee SF, Wee CW, Hoffmann AA. 2010. A clinally varying promoter...
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