Genetic Architecture of Abdominal Pigmentation in Drosophila melanogaster
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Genetic Architecture of Abdominal Pigmentation in Drosophila melanogaster
Pigmentation varies within and between species and is often adaptive. The amount of pigmentation on the abdomen of Drosophila melanogaster is a relatively simple morphological trait, which serves as a model for mapping the genetic basis of variation in complex phenotypes. Here, we assessed natural variation in female abdominal pigmentation in 175 sequenced inbred lines of the Drosophila melanog...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Genetics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1553-7404
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005163