Article
Genetic Architecture of Abdominal Pigmentation in Drosophila melanogaster.
PLoS genetics - 1 May 2015
Dembeck Lauren M, Huang Wen, Magwire Michael M, Lawrence Faye, Lyman Richard F, Mackay Trudy F C
Abstract excerpt
Pigmentation varies within and between species and is often adaptive. The amount of pigmentation on the abdomen of Drosophila melanogaster is a relatively simple morphological trait, which serves as a model for mapping the genetic basis of variation in complex phenotypes. Here, we assessed natural variation in female abdominal pigmentation in 175 sequenced inbred lines of the Drosophila melanogaster Genetic...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Genetic Association Studies
- Genetic Variation
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Phenotype
- Pigmentation
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Quantitative Trait Loci
- Transcription Factors