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Persistence of an alcohol dehydrogenase thermostable variant in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

M. Hernández ,
G. Padrón  and
V. M. Cabrera
M. Hernández
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
G. Padrón
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
V. M. Cabrera
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

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A temporal survey of the alcohol dehydrogenase locus in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster from the Canary Islands has revealed the existence of an electrophoretic Fast thermostable variant, mapped within 0.8 units of the structural Adh locus, and which persists over a 6-year period with a frequency ranging from 0.8 to 0.5%.

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Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , April 1986 , pp. 143 - 146
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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