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Genetic divergence in M. Vetukhiv's experimental populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura 1. Rudiments of sexual isolation*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Lee Ehrman
Lee Ehrman
Affiliation:
The Rockefeller Institute, New York City 21, U.S.A.

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Weak but statistically significant sexual isolation has been demonstrated among Vetukhiv's six experimental populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura, all originally descended from founders taken from cultures of the same hybrids from four geographic localities. These six populations were maintained separately for almost 4½ years and then tested for the existence of sexual isolation. The sexual isolation has arisen in the absence of any selection for isolation, evidently as a by-product of genetic divergence.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , February 1964 , pp. 150 - 157
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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