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Genetic differentiation in natural populations of Drosophila ananassae

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Inversion polymorphism has been studied in three natural populations of Drosophila ananassae. The three cosmopolitan inversions have been detected in all the three populations analysed. Some quantitative variations in the inversion frequencies seem to exist and the level of inversion heterozygosity varies between the different populations.

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Singh, B.N. Genetic differentiation in natural populations of Drosophila ananassae . Genetica 63, 49–52 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00137464

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