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There are several Colombian populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura which have begun to show divergence. The temporal samples of Torobarroso, one of the local populations identified, demonstrate genetic “resourcefulness” and selective opportunism by fluctuating mortality. The data suggest that both balanced selection and mutational origin are necessary to account for the frequencies of drastic genes encountered. In genetic isolates there seems to exist alternatively a mutational component and a balanced — selection component. These components overcome the damage in the first instance and in the second instance, profit from the recessive load.
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Communicated by J. S. F. Barker
This paper is dedicated to Charles Darwin in his centennial
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Hoenigsberg, H.F., de Polanco, M.M.E., Monje, C.A. et al. Population genetics in the American Tropics. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 65, 295–301 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276567
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