Some evidence of incipient speciation in Drosophila kikkawai.

doi:10.1139/g94-148

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Some evidence of incipient speciation in Drosophila kikkawai.

Genome - 1 Dec 1994

Gupta J P, Sundaran A K

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Altogether 11 geographic populations of Drosophila kikkawai were analysed from the viewpoint of karyotypic variation, inversion polymorphism and sexual isolation. The results revealed that of all the populations, the New Guinea population was the most genetically diverged, characterized by its di...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Chromosome Inversion
Crosses, Genetic
Drosophila
Female
Genetic Variation
Karyotyping
Male
New Guinea
Polymorphism, Genetic
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Species Specificity

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