Chromosomal substitution analysis of receptivity and sexual isolation in Drosophila melanogaster females.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1995.170

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Chromosomal substitution analysis of receptivity and sexual isolation in Drosophila melanogaster females.

Heredity - 1 Nov 1995

Carracedo M C, Piñeiro R, Casares P

Abstract excerpt

A chromosome substitution analysis was carried out in Drosophila melanogaster to elucidate the contribution of the X, II and III chromosomes to female receptivity, and to sexual isolation with its sibling species D. simulans. Two lines from the same base population with extreme phenotypes, the on...

Topics

Animals
Chromosomes
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Hybridization, Genetic
Male
Phenotype
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Statistics, Nonparametric

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