Effective population number estimates of laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster

J. M. Malpica; D. A. Briscoe

doi:10.1007/BF01971769

Effective population number estimates of laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster

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

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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
Pages (from-to)	947-948
Number of pages	2
Journal	Experientia
Volume	37
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01971769
Publication status	Published - Sept 1981

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