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Functional genomic and phenotypic responses to desiccation in natural populations of a desert drosophilid.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2013
Rajpurohit Subhash, Oliveira Cássia C, Etges William J, Gibbs Allen G
Abstract excerpt
We used whole-transcriptome microarrays to assess changes in gene expression and monitored mortality rates and epicuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) in response to desiccation stress in four natural populations of Drosophila mojavensis from Baja California and mainland Mexico. Desiccation had the greatest effect on gene expression, followed by biogeographical variation at regional and population levels. Genes involved...
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