Ancient balancing selection at tan underlies female colour dimorphism in Drosophila erecta

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Summary

A striking signal of ancient balancing selection is found at the ‘male-specific enhancer’ of tan, with exceptionally high sequence divergence between light and dark alleles, suggesting that this dimorphism has likely been adaptively maintained for millions of years.

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2016-01-18
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Sexual dimorphism, Biology, Evolutionary biology, Mimicry, Phenotype

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