RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN MELANOGASTER SPECIES SUBGROUP OF GENUS DROSOPHILA (SOPHOPHORA) .2. PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN 6 SPECIES BASED UPON POLYTENE CHROMOSOME-BANDING SEQUENCES
RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN MELANOGASTER SPECIES SUBGROUP OF GENUS DROSOPHILA (SOPHOPHORA) .2. PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN 6 SPECIES BASED UPON POLYTENE CHROMOSOME-BANDING SEQUENCES
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10.1098/rspb.1976.0046
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1976-01-01
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ASHBURNER, M
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LEMEUNIER, F;ASHBURNER, M
Themelanogasterspecies subgroup ofDrosophilacomprises six sibling species. The interrelationship between these species has been studied by analysis of the banding patterns of their polytene chromosomes. The species fall into two groups: (1)melanogaster, simulansandmauritianaand (2)erecta, teissieriandyakuba. The former group are chromosomally closely related, indeedsimulansandmauritianaare homosequential. The latter group (all African endemic species) are less closely related although they all share eight autosomal inversions of the standard (i. e.melanogaster) sequence. From this shared sequence the chromosomes of the three African endemic species have diverged considerably by many paracentric inversions. BothD. teissieriandD. yakubaare polymorphic; we describe nine and four inversion sequences in them respectively.D. erectais monomorphic although our sample size is very small (only two populations). We discuss both the origin of interspecific inversions, especially the problem of inversion breakpoint coincidence, and the light this study throws upon evolutionary relationships within this group of species.