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Genetic variation at 59 gene loci coding for enzymes (50) and larval proteins (9) has been studied in sympatric populations of Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans from insular and continental origin. The average number of alleles per locus, the mean proportion of polymorphic loci and the mean heterozygosity are similar both within and between species. There are however some significant differences between D. simulans populations in the genotypic frequencies for four polymorphic loci.
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Cabrera, V.M., González, A.M., Larruga, J.M. et al. Electrophoretic variability in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans . Genetica 59, 191–201 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00056541
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