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Diversity by inbreeding inDrosophila

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    Seven different inbred lines originated from a single wild female have been tested in various environmental conditions.

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    The inbred lines are shown to be largely different for size and development time as well as for viability.

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    Reciprocal crosses between these inbred lines, or between these inbreds and a Control line are different for size, development time and viability in certain conditions of temperature and larval diet. The effects of temperature and larval diet on inbreds and hybrids are shown to be very different.

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    The causes of diversity among the inbred lines are thought to lie partly in nuclear, and partly in cytoplasmic differences. Certain aspects of interaction between these nuclear and cytoplasmic properties are considered, and their theoretical significance discussed.

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  1. F. A. Lints

    Present address: Laboratoire de Génétique Générale et Centre National de Radiobiologie et de Génétique, Institut Agronomique de l'Université, Héverlé-Louvain, Belgium

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Lints, F.A. Diversity by inbreeding inDrosophila . Genetica 32, 177–199 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01816094

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