Mitochondrial DNA evolution in experimental populations of Drosophila subobscura.

doi:10.1073/pnas.87.11.4198

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Mitochondrial DNA evolution in experimental populations of Drosophila subobscura.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Jun 1990

Fos M, Domínguez M A, Latorre A, Moya A

Abstract excerpt

When two mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes of Drosophila subobscura compete in experimental populations with discrete generations, one or the other approaches fixation, depending on the nuclear background with which they are associated. The approach to fixation, however, is strongly dependent...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Cell Nucleus
Chromosome Inversion
DNA, Mitochondrial
Drosophila
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Haplotypes

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