Gene expression is central to the genotype-phenotype relationship in all organisms, and it is
an important component of the genetic basis for evolutionary change in diverse aspects of …

In many species, sex is determined by a system based on X and Y chromosomes, the latter
having lost much of their genetic activity. Y chromosomes have evolved independently many …

▪ Abstract Insect molecular systematics has undergone remarkable recent growth. Advances
in methods of data generation and analysis have led to the accumulation of large amounts of …

The sequencing of the 12 genomes of members of the genus Drosophila was taken as an
opportunity to reevaluate the genetic and physical maps for 11 of the species, in part to aid …

Non-amplifying, PCR-null alleles are detected at 49 (51%) of 96 microsatellite DNA markers
tested for Mendelian segregation in three families of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas …

That closely related species often differ by chromosomal inversions was discovered by
Sturtevant and Plunkett in 1926. Our knowledge of how these inversions originate is still very …

The pattern of genetic variation across the genome of Drosophila melanogaster is consistent
with the occurrence of frequent 'selective sweeps', in which new favourable mutations …

Tandem gene duplication is an important mutational process in evolutionary adaptation and
human disease. Hypothetically, two tandem gene copies should produce twice the output of …

Drosophilidae (Diptera) is a diverse, cosmopolitan family of flies. Here, we present a
combined analysis phylogeny of Drosophilinae, one of the two subfamilies of Drosophilidae …

In the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster, the four male-specific lethal (msl) genes are required
to achieve dosage compensation of the male X chromosome. The MSL proteins are thought …