Conditional hitchhiking of mitochondrial DNA: frequency shifts of Drosophila melanogaster mtDNA variants depend on nuclear genetic background.

doi:10.1093/genetics/141.3.1113

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Conditional hitchhiking of mitochondrial DNA: frequency shifts of Drosophila melanogaster mtDNA variants depend on nuclear genetic background.

Genetics - 1 Nov 1995

Kilpatrick S T, Rand D M

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Tests were performed of the selective neutrality of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variants from geographic populations of Drosophila melanogaster in Argentina (ARG) and Central Africa (CAF). The two populations were completely reproductively compatible. The two distinct mtDNA haplotypes from the two...

Topics

Africa, Central
Animals
Argentina
Cell Nucleus
Crosses, Genetic
DNA, Mitochondrial
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Haplotypes
Male

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