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Sequence variation in couch potato and its effects on life-history traits in a northern malt fly, Drosophila montana.
Journal of insect physiology - 1 Feb 2012
Kankare Maaria, Salminen Tiina S, Lampinen Hanna, Hoikkala Anneli
Abstract excerpt
Couch potato (cpo) has previously been connected to reproductive diapause in several insect species including Drosophila melanogaster, where it has been suggested to provide a link between the insulin signalling pathway and the hormonal control of diapause. In the first part of the study we sequenced nearly 3.6 kb of this gene in a northern Drosophila species (Drosophila montana) with a robust photoperiodically...
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