Complex interplay of evolutionary forces in the ladybird homeobox genes of Drosophila melanogaster.

Tandemly arranged paralogous genes lbe and lbl are members of the Drosophila NK homeobox family. We analyzed population samples of Drosophila melanogaster from Africa, Europe, North and South America, and single strains of D. sechellia, D. simulans, and D. yakuba within two linked regions encompassi...

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Main Authors: Evgeniy S Balakirev, Maria Anisimova, Francisco J Ayala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3142176?pdf=render