Genetic characterization of a natural population of Drosophila subobscura from the Northern Caucasus (U.S.S.R.) in comparison with other population samples
✍ Scribed by D. Sperlich; W. Pinsker; V. G. Mitrofanov
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 487 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-6707
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✦ Synopsis
The inversion polymorphism and the allozyme variability of a wild Drosophila mbobscura population from the Caucasus (U.S.S.R.) was studied and compared to other populations from Scotland, Scandinavia, Central Europe and North Africa. The Caucasus sample proved highly polymorphic with respect to inversions but the average heterozygosity for enzyme loci was low. A new gene arrangement, El,, is described. According to inversion variability the Caucasus sample does not show the characteristics of a marginal population. It is similar to the Central European population but deviates strongly from the North African one.