Open AccessFREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SELECTION AT THE LAP LOCUS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
Author(s) -
R. Nassar
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1943-2631
pISSN - 0016-6731
DOI - 10.1093/genetics/91.2.327
Subject(s) - drosophila melanogaster , biology , locus (genetics) , frequency dependent selection , genetics , selection (genetic algorithm) , melanogaster , drosophilidae , mating , gene , evolutionary biology , computer science , artificial intelligence
Results of fitness estimates for the Lap locus in Drosophila melanogaster revealed that under crowded media conditions gene frequency equilibrium was maintained by frequency-dependent selection. Evidence was obtained that indicated that mating and egg-to-adult viability were frequency dependent.
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