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Evolution of behavioral reproductive isolation in a laboratory stock ofDrosophila silvestris

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A laboratory stock ofD. silvestris has become partially sexually isolated since its origin from 1 natural population of this species. Evolution of reproductive isolation is probably incidental to reorganization of the genome, particularly the genetics of sexual behavior, following random drift in a small population.

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  1. Department of Genetics, University of Hawaii, 1960 East West Road, 96822, Honolulu, Hawai, USA

    J. N. Ahearn

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Acknowledgments. The author is grateful to Professor Hampton L. Carson for valuable comments on the manuscript. This investigation was supported by National Science Foundation Grant DEB-74-22532.

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Ahearn, J.N. Evolution of behavioral reproductive isolation in a laboratory stock ofDrosophila silvestris. Experientia 36, 63–64 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02003975

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