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Seasonal variation in the frequencies of the alcohol dehydrogenase isoalleles of Drosophila: correlation with environmental factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Maria A. Gionfriddo ,
Charles L. Vigue  and
Pierre A. Weisgram
Maria A. Gionfriddo
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut 06516
Charles L. Vigue
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut 06516
Pierre A. Weisgram
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut 06516

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Drosophila melanogaster adults were collected throughout the summers of 1976 and 1977 in Hartford, Connecticut. The frequencies of the Adh isoalleles were determined and seasonal variation demonstrated. Correlation coefficients were calculated between Adh frequencies and the seasonal variations in temperature, precipitation, relative humidity and barometric pressure. Although five correlations were significant it was concluded that these were due to chance.

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Short papers
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , December 1979 , pp. 317 - 319
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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