Evolution of the Drosophila melanogaster-sigma virus system in natural populations from Languedoc (southern France).

doi:10.1007/BF01316890

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Evolution of the Drosophila melanogaster-sigma virus system in natural populations from Languedoc (southern France).

Archives of virology - 1 Jan 1993

Fleuriet A, Periquet G

Abstract excerpt

An analysis of natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster in a southern French region (Languedoc) was started in 1983, concerning two non Mendelian systems: the P-M system of transposable elements and the sigma virus. This virus is not contagious, but only transmitted through gametes; it is u...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Alleles
Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
France
Male
Rhabdoviridae
Time Factors

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