Article
Genetic load in northern populations of Drosophila subobscura.
Hereditas - 1 Jan 1990
Saura A, Johansson B, Eriksson E, Kohonen-Corish M
Abstract excerpt
O-chromosomes were sampled from two natural populations in Finland, one population in Sweden and one population from Spain. Viability was assessed using the Va/Ba balanced lethal strain. The genetic load for lethals and semilethals was 0.165/0.065 in Helsinki and 0.151/0.101 in Tvärminne, Finland; 0.309/0.118 in Gävle, Sweden and 0.351/0.112 in Barcelona, Spain. With the exception of the Gävle population, the...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Crosses, Genetic
- Drosophila
- Female
- Finland
- Genes, Lethal
- Genes, Recessive
- Genetics, Population
- Male
- Mutation
- Spain