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Effective population number estimates of laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster

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A sizeable fraction of the current information in population genetics comes from experiments with population cages ofDrosophila melanogaster in which a high census (circa 5000 adults) is kept in order to obviate the influence of drift. We have estimated the effective population number in such cages by lethal complementation and our estimates are lower than the census by an order of magnitude.

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  1. Departamento de Genética, I.N.I.A., Apartado No. 8111, Madrid, Spain

    J. M. Malpica & D. A. Briscoe

  2. School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, 2113, North Ryde, N.S.W., Australia

    J. M. Malpica & D. A. Briscoe

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We thank F. García-Olmedo for his help in the preparation of this manuscript.

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Malpica, J.M., Briscoe, D.A. Effective population number estimates of laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Experientia 37, 947–948 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01971769

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