Molecular population genetics of the alcohol dehydrogenase locus in the Hawaiian drosophilid D. mimica.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025582

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Molecular population genetics of the alcohol dehydrogenase locus in the Hawaiian drosophilid D. mimica.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Dec 1996

Ayala F J, Campbell C D, Selander R K

Abstract excerpt

Sequence variation among 10 alleles of the alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) gene of the Hawaiian drosophilid D. mimica was analyzed with reference to the evolutionary history of the Hawaiian subgroup as well as to levels and patterns of polymorphism of the Adh gene in continental drosophilid species....

Topics

Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Animals
Drosophila
Female
Genes, Insect
Genetic Variation
Hawaii
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Genetic
Sequence Analysis, DNA

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