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The actin genes of D. subobscura and D. madeirensis were mapped by in situ hybridization, using a D. melanogaster probe. Six loci were detected, and they were strikingly similar in chromosomal location to the six actin loci previously characterized in D. melanogaster.
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Loukas, M., Kafatos, F.C. Chromosomal locations of actin genes are conserved between the melanogaster and obscura groups of Drosophila . Genetica 76, 33–41 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00126008
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