Ancient balancing selection at tan underlies female colour dimorphism in Drosophila erecta

Sexual dimorphism is common in nature. Here, the authors combine population genetics and functional experiments to show that a region containing the gene tan contributes to sex-limited colour dimorphism in Drosophila erectaand that this dimorphism has likely been adaptively maintained for millions o...

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Autores principales: Amir Yassin, Héloïse Bastide, Henry Chung, Michel Veuille, Jean R. David, John E. Pool
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/49a2754e286c4a7c8992a39301f20e78
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