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Variation in Drosophila melanogaster central metabolic genes appears driven by natural selection both within and between populations.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Feb 2015
Cogni Rodrigo, Kuczynski Kate, Lavington Erik, Koury Spencer, Behrman Emily L, O'Brien Katherine R, Schmidt Paul S, Eanes Walter F
Abstract excerpt
In this report, we examine the hypothesis that the drivers of latitudinal selection observed in the eastern US Drosophila melanogaster populations are reiterated within seasons in a temperate orchard population in Pennsylvania, USA. Specifically, we ask whether alleles that are apparently favoured in northern populations are also favoured early in the spring, and decrease in frequency from the spring to autumn...
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