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Effect of genomic deficiencies on sexual size dimorphism through modification of developmental time in Drosophila melanogaster.
Heredity - 1 Aug 2015
Takahashi K H, Blanckenhorn W U
Abstract excerpt
Sexual size dimorphism (SSD), a difference in body size between sexes, is common in many taxa. In insects, females are larger than males in >70% of all taxa in most orders. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster is one prominent model organism to investigate SSD since its clear and representative female-biased SSD and its growth regulation are well studied. Elucidating the number and nature of genetic elements...
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