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Parallel clinal variation in the mid-day siesta of Drosophila melanogaster implicates continent-specific targets of natural selection.
PLoS genetics - 1 Sept 2018
Yang Yong, Edery Isaac
Abstract excerpt
Similar to many diurnal animals, Drosophila melanogaster exhibits a mid-day siesta that is more robust as ambient temperature rises, an adaptive response aimed at minimizing exposure to heat. Mid-day siesta levels are partly regulated by the thermosensitive splicing of a small intron (termed dmpi8) found in the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of the circadian clock gene period (per). Using the well-studied D....
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