The Evolutionary Biology of the Hawaiian Drosophilidae

Carson, Hampton L.; Hardy, D. Elmo; Spieth, Herman T.; Stone, Wilson S.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-9585-4_15

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“…biychii-dominicana-serrata, and leontia-kikkawai. The same situation have been observed in certain groups of homosequential species of Hawaiian Drosophila (Carson et al 1970;Carson and Kaneshiro 1976;Baimai and Ahearn 1978). The evidence seems to suggest that the process of acquisition of heterochromatin has, in part, played a role in the evolution of some groups of these taxa.…”

Section: The 4th Chromosomesupporting

confidence: 72%

Metaphase karyotypes of certain species of the Drosophila montium subgroup.

Baimai

1980

The Japanese journal of genetics

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Section: The 4th Chromosomesupporting

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Metaphase karyotypes of certain species of the Drosophila montium subgroup.

Baimai

1980

The Japanese journal of genetics

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“…The rapid evolution of mtDNA (Brown eta!., 1979;Brown, 1980;Avise et a!., 1979) means that mtDNA restriction site analysis is also valuable in studying closely related taxa. The Hawaiian Drosophilia are a well charactensed group of closely related organisms in which matriarchal population structure has greatly affected evolution as founder events by one or a few gravid females are probably involved in their extensive genetic differentiation (Carson et a!., 1970;Carson and Kaneshiro, 1976;Carson, 1978Carson, , 1983Carson and Templeton, 1984; but also see Barton and Charlesworth, 1984).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mitochondrial DNA variability in natural populations of Hawaiian Drosophila. I. Methods and levels of variability in D. silvestris and D. heteroneura populations

1986

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We describe techniques by which mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) restriction site information can be obtained for up to 16 different restriction endonucleases on individual Hawaiian Drosophila, in particular D. silvestris and D. heteroneura. We have constructed mtDNA restriction site maps for a total of forty-eight wild caught genomes of both species, from seven major collecting sites on the island of Hawaii. Levels of variability are, in general, high in D. silvestris (p of Ewens et al., 1981 = 0.0486) and lower in D. heteroneura (p = 0.0327). Measures of population subdivision using Nei's G, indicate that about 50-60 per cent of the observed variability is due to interdemic subdivision. In accordance, populations within a species show a much lower level of variability, however some populations harbour individuals that are very divergent from the rest of their conspecifics at the same locality. We review two possible mechanisms that could explain the presence of these divergent individuals, hybridisation and the effects of stochastic branching processes.

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“…Chromosome 4 is the most variable element, not only in the crassijemur complex, but also in species of the "modified mouthparts" (Yoon et al, 1972b) and the "picture-winged" groups (Carson et al, 1970). This is a common pattern in other Drosophila, particularly in chromosomes carrying a majority of the inversions (for examples, see Patterson and Stone, 1952;Wasserman, 1962a, b, c, d).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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“…Since the inversion is absent in the more primitive species, it appears that the polymorphism arose in D. crassijemur and was retained by D. reducta. Within the Hawaiian Drosophila, such chromosomal polymorphisms are shared by two species of the "picture-winged" groups (Carson et al, 1970) and another is shared by species of the "modified mouthparts" group (Yoon et al, 1972a). Both are on chromosome 4, and the chromosomal region involved in the polymorphisms is similar in all cases.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%