Density- and frequency-dependent selection at the Mdh-2 locus in Drosophila pseudoobscura.

doi:10.1093/genetics/97.3-4.679

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Density- and frequency-dependent selection at the Mdh-2 locus in Drosophila pseudoobscura.

Genetics - 1 Jan 2000

Tosić M, Ayala F J

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We have studied differences in the number of Drosophila pseudoobscura produced in a culture when the flies differ with respect to two alleles (F and S) at the Mdh-2 locus, which codes for a malate dehydrogenase enzyme. The studies were done at low and at high density in two- and three-genotype co...

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Alleles
Animals
Drosophila
Gene Frequency
Malate Dehydrogenase
Selection, Genetic

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