Balancing Selection: Walking a Tightrope.
Curr Biol
; 26(2): R73-R76, 2016 Jan 25.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26811893
ABSTRACT
Combining modern transgenic techniques with fitness measurements and enzyme activity assays, a new study demonstrates a habitat-dependent tradeoff between two alleles of a key detoxification enzyme in fruit flies. The elegant findings provide concrete, elusive evidence supporting a foundational and controversial theory about the maintenance of genetic variation.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Selection, Genetic
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Models, Genetic
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Curr Biol
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Publication country:
ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
/
REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM