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Clinal variation at the peptidase-1 (Pept-1) locus in natural populations ofDrosophila subobscura

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The allele frequencies for the peptidase-1 (Pept-1) gene in 8 natural populations ofDrosophila subobscura situated along a north-south transect through the distribution range of the species were determined. The occurrence of a cline along the transect studied is discussed in relation to the mechanisms of maintenance of thePept-1 genetic polymorphism.

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  1. R. Scozzari

    Present address: Istituto di Genetica, Università degli Studi di Roma and Centro di Genetica Evoluzionistica del CNR, 1-00185, Rome, Italy

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  1. Institut Biologie II, Lehrstuhl Populationsgenetik, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, D-7400, Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany

    G. Trippa

  2. Istituto di Genetica, Università degli Studi di Roma and Centro di Genetica Evoluzionistica del CNR, 1-00185, Rome, Italy

    P. Pfriem

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This work was carried out while the late Prof. G. Trippa was Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Tübingen. We are greatly indebted to Prof. D. Sperlich for his hospitality and criticisms of this draft of the paper. Research was partially supported by a grant from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Sp 146).

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Trippa, G., Scozzari, R. & Pfriem, P. Clinal variation at the peptidase-1 (Pept-1) locus in natural populations ofDrosophila subobscura. Experientia 39, 787–788 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990328

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