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Genome differentiation of Drosophila melanogaster from a microclimate contrast in Evolution Canyon, Israel.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Dec 2013
Hübner Sariel, Rashkovetsky Eugenia, Kim Young Bun, Oh Jung Hun, Michalak Katarzyna, Weiner Dmitry, Korol Abraham B, Nevo Eviatar, Michalak Pawel
Abstract excerpt
The opposite slopes of "Evolution Canyon" in Israel have served as a natural model system of adaptation to a microclimate contrast. Long-term studies of Drosophila melanogaster populations inhabiting the canyon have exhibited significant interslope divergence in thermal and drought stress resistance, candidate genes, mobile elements, habitat choice, mating discrimination, and wing-shape variation, all despite...
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