| linkage disequilibrium between functionally related enzyme loci of drosophila mojavensis. | gametic frequencies at four enzyme loci of the second chromosome of drosophila mojavensis race b were obtained from six localities. the four loci were selected so that they code for functionally related enzymes; two code for esterases, one for xanthine dehydrogenase and one for acetaldehyde oxidase. in drosophila the two latter enzymes are under the same regulatory control and their physiological functions might be related as well. electrophoretic variants at the locicoding for these two enzymes ... | 1976 | 990995 |
| alcohol dehydrogenase polymorphism in barrel cactus populations of drosophila mojavensis. | starch gel electrophoresis revealed that the alcohol dehydrogenase (adh-2) locus was polymorphic in two populations (from agua caliente, california and the grand canyon, arizona) of cactophilic drosophila mojavensis that utilize barrel cactus (ferocactus acanthodes) as a host plant. electromorphs representing products of a slow (s) and a fast (f) allele were found in adult flies. the frequency of the slow allele was 0.448 in flies from agua caliente and 0.659 in flies from the grand canyon. thes ... | 1996 | 8765684 |
| population genetics and geographic variation of alcohol dehydrogenase (adh) paralogs and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6pd) in drosophila mojavensis. | populations of drosophila mojavensis from the deserts of the baja california peninsula and mainland mexico utilize different cactus hosts with different alcohol contents. the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase (adh) has been proposed to play an important role in the adaptation of drosophila species to their environment. this study investigates the role of adh in the adaptation of the cactophilic d. mojavensis to its cactus host. in d. mojavensis and its sibling species, d. arizonae, the adh gene has d ... | 2004 | 14660699 |
| microsatellite variation among diverging populations of drosophila mojavensis. | divergence and speciation may occur by various means, depending on the particular history, selective environments, and genetic composition of populations. in drosophila mojavensis, a good model of incipient speciation, understanding the population genetic structure within this group facilitates our ability to understand the context in which reproductive isolation among populations is developing. here we report the genetic structure and relationships of d. mojavensis populations at nuclear loci. ... | 2006 | 16910998 |
| sympatry, allopatry and sexual isolation between drosophila mojavensis and d. arizonae. | populations of the north american cactophilic fruitfly drosophila mojavensis and its sibling species d. arizonae exist both in sympatry and in allopatry. females of d. arizonae, regardless of their population of origin, are effectively completely isolated behaviorally from d. mojavensis males. on the other hand, females of d. mojavensis from the sympatric populations in sonora, mexico exhibit significantly stronger premating isolation from d. arizonae males than do d. mojavensis females from all ... | 2005 | 16970612 |