Polygenic control of a mating signal in Drosophila.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1996.156

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Polygenic control of a mating signal in Drosophila.

Heredity - 1 Oct 1996

Pugh A R, Ritchie M G

Abstract excerpt

Recent findings show that traits which influence speciation in the melanogaster subgroup of Drosophila can be determined by relatively few loci and/ or be sex-linked. Using backcrosses between D. simulans and D. mauritiana, we show that an acoustic mating signal which plays an important role in c...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Crosses, Genetic
Drosophila
Female
Genes, Insect
Genetic Variation
Homozygote
Male
Mutation
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Species Specificity
Vocalization, Animal

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