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Inversion polymorphism in two Serbian natural populations of Drosophila subobscura: Analysis of long-term changes

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To study whether inversions (or arrangements) by themselves or karyotypes are the main global warming adaptive target of natural selection, two Drosophila subobscura Serbian populations (Apatin and Petnica) were re-analyzed using different statistical approaches. Both populations were sampled in an approximately 15 years period: Apatin in 1994 and 2008 + 2009 and Petnica in 1995 and 2010. For all chromosomes, the four colleptions studied were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Thus, it seems that inversions (or arrangements) combined at random to constitute populations’ karyotypes. However, there were differences in karyotypic frequencies along the years, although they were significant only for Apatin population. It is possible to conclude that inversions (or arrangements) are likely the target of natural selection, because they presented long-term changes, but combine at random to generate the corresponding karyotypic combinations. As a consequence, the frequencies of karyotypes also change along time.

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  1. Department of Genetics, Institute for Biological Research “Sinisa Stankovic”, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    G. Zivanovic

  2. Departament d’Estadística, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain

    C. Arenas

  3. Departament de Genètica, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain

    F. Mestres

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Zivanovic, G., Arenas, C. & Mestres, F. Inversion polymorphism in two Serbian natural populations of Drosophila subobscura: Analysis of long-term changes. Russ J Genet 50, 557–562 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795414060155

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