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Genetics of a difference in cuticular hydrocarbons between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Mohamed A. F. Noor  and
Jerry A. Coyne
Mohamed A. F. Noor
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, 1101 E. 57th Street, IL 60637, USA
Jerry A. Coyne
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, 1101 E. 57th Street, IL 60637, USA
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We identify a fixed species difference in the relative concentrations of the cuticular hydrocarbons 2-methyl hexacosane and 5,9-pentacosadiene in Drosophilapseudoobscura and D. persimilis, and determine its genetic basis. In backcross males, this difference is due to genes on both the X and second chromosomes, while the other two major chromosomes have no effect. In backcross females, only the second chromosome has a significant effect on hydrocarbon phenotype, but dominant genes on the X chromosome could also be involved. These results differ in two respects from previous studies of Drosophila cuticular hydrocarbons: strong epistasis is observed between the chromosomes that producethe hydrocarbon difference in males, and the difference is apparently unrelated to the strong sexual isolation observed between these species.

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Genetics Research , Volume 68 , Issue 2 , October 1996 , pp. 117 - 123
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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