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Geographical Distribution of Inversion Polymorphism

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Evolutionary Population Genetics of Drosophila ananassae

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Population genetics of inversion polymorphism was studied in terms of time and space scale to understand the dynamics of inversion polymorphism employing Drosophila ananassae as a model organism. D. ananassae harbors three cosmopolitan inversions, namely, alpha (AL), delta (DE), and eta (ET). Singh and Singh conducted a study where 45 natural populations from different geographic localities of the India (spanning the regions from Kashmir to Kanniyakumari and Gujarat to Nagaland) were studied for chromosomal inversions. All the analyzed populations exhibit the three cosmopolitan inversions, albeit in variable frequencies. Correlations among frequencies of the three cosmopolitan inversions and regression analysis of inversion frequencies with latitude, longitude, and altitude were found to be insignificant. This strengthens the theory of rigid polymorphism in D. ananassae. Genetic differentiation, both spatial and temporal, was also studied at the level of chromosomal polymorphism. Analysis reveals geographic differentiation but no temporal differences. The results were in conformity with the rigid polymorphic systems of D. ananassae, which do not show long-term directional changes as a function of time. Combining the results of the present study with similar studies done earlier, it could be postulated that the three cosmopolitan inversions in D. ananassae show nearly similar frequency distribution while, on geographical or spatial level, the pattern of distribution largely remains the same.

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Singh, P. (2015). Geographical Distribution of Inversion Polymorphism. In: Evolutionary Population Genetics of Drosophila ananassae. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2565-2_3

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