Effective population number estimates of laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster

J. M. Malpica*, D. A. Briscoe

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    Abstract

    A sizeable fraction of the current information in population genetics comes from experiments with population cages of Drosophila melanogaster in which a high census (circa 5000 adults) is kept in order to obviate the influence of drift. We have estimated the effective population number in such cages by lethal complementation and our estimates are lower than the census by an order of magnitude.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)947-948
    Number of pages2
    JournalExperientia
    Volume37
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sep 1981

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