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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 947-948 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Experientia |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sep 1981 |