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Relationship between allozyme heterozygosity and rates of divergence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

D. O. F. Skibinski  and
R. D. Ward
D. O. F. Skibinski
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, U.K.
R. D. Ward
Affiliation:
Department of Human Sciences, University of Technology, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, U.K.
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The relationship between locus variability and genetic identity is analysed in pooled data from a collection of Drosophila and vertebrate allozyme surveys. For vertebrates the analysis provides evidence that loci with high expected heterozygosity diverge at a faster rate than loci with low heterozygosity in comparisons involving pairs of populations and pairs of species. This relationship is not observed in comparisons of Drosophila species pairs.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , August 1981 , pp. 71 - 92
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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