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Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila simulans: So Similar, So Different

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  1. P. Capy
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  2. P. Gibert
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  3. I. Boussy
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Part of the book series: Contemporary Issues in Genetics and Evolution (CIGE, volume 11)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-3
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  2. Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila simulans: so similar yet so different

    • Pierre Capy, Patricia Gibert
    Pages 5-16

  3. How two Afrotropical endemics made two cosmopolitan human commensals: the Drosophila melanogaster-D. simulans palaeogeographic riddle

    • Daniel Lachaise, Jean-François Silvain
    Pages 17-39

  4. Mitochondrial DNA in the Drosophila melanogaster complex

    • Michel Solignac
    Pages 41-50

  5. Wolbachia infections in Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans: polymorphism and levels of cytoplasmic incompatibility

    • Hervé Merçot, Sylvain Charlat
    Pages 51-59

  6. Historicity and the population genetics of Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans

    • Michel Veuille, Emmanuelle Baudry, Matthew Cobb, Nicolas Derome, Emmanuelle Gravot
    Pages 61-70

  7. Patterns of microsatellite variability in the Drosophila melanogaster complex

    • Bettina Harr, Christian Schlötterer
    Pages 71-77

  8. Molecular polymorphism in Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans: what have we learned from recent studies?

    • Sylvain Mousset, Nicolas Derome
    Pages 79-86

  9. The sex-ratio trait and its evolution in Drosophila simulans: a comparative approach

    • D. Jutier, N. Derome, C. Montchamp-Moreau
    Pages 87-99

  10. A reanalysis of protein polymorphism in Drosophila melanogaster, D. simulans, D. sechellia and D. mauritiana: effects of population size and selection

    • Richard A. Morton, Madhu Choudhary, Marie-Louise Cariou, Rama S. Singh
    Pages 101-114

  11. Transposable element dynamics in two sibling species: Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans

    • Cristina Vieira, Christian Biémont
    Pages 115-123

  12. Wanderings of hobo: a transposon in Drosophila melanogaster and its close relatives

    • Ian A. Boussy, Masanobu Itoh
    Pages 125-136

  13. Mitotic and polytene chromosomes: comparisons between Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans

    • Sylvie Aulard, Laurence Monti, Nicole Chaminade, Françoise Lemeunier
    Pages 137-150

  14. Comparative life histories and ecophysiology of Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans

    • Jean R. David, Roland Allemand, Pierre Capy, Mohamed Chakir, Patricia Gibert, Georges Pétavy et al.
    Pages 151-163

  15. Comparative analysis of morphological traits among Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans: genetic variability, clines and phenotypic plasticity

    • P. Gibert, P. Capy, A. Imasheva, B. Moreteau, J. P. Morin, G. Pétavy et al.
    Pages 165-179

  16. Ecological and genetic interactions in Drosophila-parasitoids communities: a case study with D. melanogaster, D. simulans and their common Leptopilina parasitoids in south-eastern France

    • F. Fleury, N. Ris, R. Allemand, P. Fouillet, Y. Carton, M. Boulétreau
    Pages 181-194

  17. Relations between cuticular hydrocarbon (HC) polymorphism, resistance against desiccation and breeding temperature; a model for HC evolution in D. melanogaster and D. simulans

    • Jacques-Deric Rouault, Charlotte Marican, Claude Wicker-Thomas, Jean-Marc Jallon
    Pages 195-212

  18. Molecular analysis of circadian clocks in Drosophila simulans

    • Anthony S. Rogers, Ezio Rosato, Rodolfo Costa, Charalambos P. Kyriacou
    Pages 213-222

  19. A mutation in Drosophila simulans that lengthens the circadian period of locomotor activity

    • A. S. Rogers, Stefan A. Escher, C. Pasetto, E. Rosato, R. Costa, C. P. Kyriacou
    Pages 223-232

  20. Sperm size evolution in Drosophila: inter- and intraspecific analysis

    • Dominique Joly, Abraham Korol, Eviatar Nevo
    Pages 233-244
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila simulans: So Similar, So Different

  • Editors: P. Capy, P. Gibert, I. Boussy

  • Series Title: Contemporary Issues in Genetics and Evolution

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0965-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1959-3Published: 31 March 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3755-6Published: 08 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-0965-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0929-712X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 293

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from GENETICA, 120:1-3

  • Topics: Entomology, Evolutionary Biology, Human Genetics, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography

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