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Medium-term changes in Drosophila subobscura chromosomal inversion polymorphism: a possible relation with global warming?

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This study was supported by grant number 173025 from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, grant number CTM2013-48163-C2-2-R from the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain) and 2014 SGR 336 and 2014 SGR 464 from the Generalitat de Catalunya (Spain). FM is member of the IRBio (Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Universitat de Barcelona).

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[Zivanovic G., Arenas C. and Mestres F. 2015 Medium-term changes in Drosophila subobscura chromosomal inversion polymorphism: a possible relation with global warming? J. Genet. 94, xx–xx]

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ZIVANOVIC, G., ARENAS, C. & MESTRES, F. Medium-term changes in Drosophila subobscura chromosomal inversion polymorphism: a possible relation with global warming?. J Genet 94, 343–346 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-015-0523-z

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