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Genome-wide transcription analysis of clinal genetic variation in Drosophila.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Chen Ying, Lee Siu F, Blanc Eric, Reuter Caroline, Wertheim Bregje, Martinez-Diaz Pedro, Hoffmann Ary A, Partridge Linda
Abstract excerpt
Clinal variation in quantitative traits is widespread, but its genetic basis awaits identification. Drosophila melanogaster shows adaptive, clinal variation in traits such as body size along latitudinal gradients on multiple continents. To investigate genome wide transcription differentiation between North and South that might contribute to the clinal phenotypic variation, we compared RNA expression patterns...
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