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Drosophila alcohol dehydrogenase frequencies and temperature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Maria A. Gionfriddo  and
Charles L. Vigue
Maria A. Gionfriddo
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT 06117, U.S.A.
Charles L. Vigue
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT 06117, U.S.A.

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D. melanogaster imagoes were collected weekly throughout the summer and early fall of 1976. Their Adh genotypes were determined by electrophoresis. The frequency of the Adh4 isoallele fluctuated throughout the period of study. Correlation coefficients assuming no delay, one week delay, two weeks' delay, three weeks' delay, and a four-week delay of the effect of temperature on the frequency of the Adh4 isoallele were insignificant. It was concluded that temperature alone may not be a selective factor but may be selective in combination with other environmental factors.

Type
Short papers
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , February 1978 , pp. 97 - 101
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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