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Genetic structure and variability were investigated in several Hawaiian populations of D. simulans and D. immigrans. Genetic variability is lower in Hawaiian populations of D. simulans than in Texas populations, and allelic differences exist as well. For D. immigrans, Hawaiian and Korean populations are similar in variability, allelic content, and gene frequencies. Several hypothesis are advanced to account for the patterns in gene variation observed between island and continental populations of these two colonizing species.
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This research was supported by Grant GB-23230 to the Hawaii Subprogram of the International Biology Program, by Grant GB-27586 to Dr. H. L. Carson, and by the Research Board of the School of Life Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.
Technical Report No. 57 of the U.S. IBP, Hawaii Integrated Research Program.
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Steiner, W.W.M., Sung, K.C. & Paik, Y.K. Electrophoretic variability in island populations of Drosophila simulans and Drosophila immigrans . Biochem Genet 14, 495–506 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00486129
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