Geographic differentiation in wing shape in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1007/BF01439584

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Geographic differentiation in wing shape in Drosophila melanogaster.

Genetica - 1 Jan 1995

Imasheva A G, Bubli O A, Lazebny O E, Zhivotovsky L A

Abstract excerpt

Genetic variation of a suite of 12 morphometric wing characters was examined in 16 natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster from Eastern Europe and Central Asia using principal component analysis. The posterior wing compartment was found to differ in shape between the Eastern European and C...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genetic Variation
Geography
Wings, Animal

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