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Variation in abdomen pigmentation in Drosophila melanogaster females

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A locus affecting abdomen pigmentation of Drosophila melanogaster females is shown to have a large number of alleles in wild populations. Some of these also affect sternopleural bristle count.

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  1. Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Alan Robertson

  2. Department of Biology, Macquarie University, Australia

    D. A. Briscoe

  3. Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

    J. H. Louw

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Robertson, A., Briscoe, D.A. & Louw, J.H. Variation in abdomen pigmentation in Drosophila melanogaster females. Genetica 47, 73–76 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00122443

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