Worldwide latitudinal clines for the alcohol dehydrogenase polymorphism in Drosophila melanogaster: what is the unit of selection?

doi:10.1007/978-3-0348-8882-0_6

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Worldwide latitudinal clines for the alcohol dehydrogenase polymorphism in Drosophila melanogaster: what is the unit of selection?

EXS - 1 Jan 1997

van Delden W, Kamping A

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Geographical clines may reflect the action of natural selection on genetic polymorphisms. In Drosophila melanogaster several latitudinal clines occur for many characters like allozymes, inversions and quantitative traits. The identical nature of these clines on the various continents, both on the...

Topics

Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Alleles
Animals
Climate
Drosophila melanogaster
Environment
Genes, Insect
Genetic Variation
Geography
Polymorphism, Genetic
Selection, Genetic
Tropical Climate

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