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Pigmentation in Drosophila melanogaster reaches its maximum in Ethiopia and correlates most strongly with ultra-violet radiation in sub-Saharan Africa.

BMC evolutionary biology - 13 Aug 2014

Bastide Héloïse, Yassin Amir, Johanning Evan J, Pool John E

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BACKGROUND: Pigmentation has a long history of investigation in evolutionary biology. In Drosophila melanogaster, latitudinal and altitudinal clines have been found but their underlying causes remain unclear. Moreover, most studies were conducted on cosmopolitan populations which have a relativel...

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PMID: 25115161
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-014-0179-y
PMCID: PMC4236528

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