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Unmasking frequency-dependent selection in tri-cultures of Drosophila melanogaster.
J L MénsuaJ A CastroJ C AdellV Molinasubject
GeneticsGenotypeFrequency-dependent selectionMutantPopulation geneticsPlant ScienceGeneral MedicineBiologybiology.organism_classificationDrosophila melanogasterGene FrequencySpecies SpecificityInsect ScienceDrosophilidaeLarvaGenotypeMutationGeneticsAnimalsRegression AnalysisAnimal Science and ZoologySepiaDrosophila melanogasterSelection GeneticAllele frequencydescription
Larval-to-adult viability was measured for three strains of Drosophila melanogaster: a wild strain and two eye colour mutant strains (cardinal and sepia) starting from seventy different genotypic compositions. Analyses of a sub-set of the data (not considering all genotypic frequencies) demonstrate frequency-dependence in the three strains. These results suggest that in this experiment, frequency-dependent selection may be masked by other selective forces, only being apparent when specific analyses are carried out.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-01-01 | Genetica |