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Drosophila simulans

Known as: simulans, Drosophila 
A species of fruit fly.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Quantitative Trait Loci for Sexual Isolation Between Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana
Sexual isolating mechanisms that act before fertilization are often considered the most important genetic barriers leading to… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Patterns of DNA sequence variation suggest the recent action of positive selection in the janus-ocnus region of Drosophila simulans.
Levels of nucleotide polymorphism in three paralogous Drosophila simulans genes, janusA (janA), janusB (janB), and ocnus (ocn… 
2000
2000
Wolbachia segregation rate in Drosophila simulans naturally bi-infected cytoplasmic lineages
Wolbachia are maternally transmitted endocellular bacteria infecting several arthropod species. In order to study Wolbachia… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Nucleotide variation in the triosephosphate isomerase (Tpi) locus of Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans.
DNA sequence variation in a 1.1-kb region including the coding portion of the Tpi locus was examined in 25 homozygous third… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Reduced variation in Drosophila simulans mitochondrial DNA.
We investigated the evolutionary dynamics of infection of a Drosophila simulans population by a maternally inherited insect… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Neutral and non-neutral evolution of Drosophila mitochondrial DNA.
To test hypotheses of neutral evolution of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), nucleotide sequences were determined for 1515 base pairs of… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
A prokaryotic dnaA sequence in Drosophila melanogasten Wolbachia infection and cytoplasmic incompatibility among laboratory strains
Using oligonucleotide primers derived from the aligned polypeptide sequences of several prokaryotic dnaA genes, we amplified from… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Evidence for adaptive evolution of the G6pd gene in the Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans lineages.
Proponents of the neutral theory argue that evolution at the molecular level largely reflects a process of random genetic drift… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Genetics of sexual isolation between two sibling species, Drosophila simulans and Drosophila mauritiana.
Drosophila simulans and Drosophila mauritiana are sibling species that show substantial sexual isolation in one of their two… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS OF TWO SIBLING SPECIES, DROSOPHILA SIMULANS AND D. SECHELLIA
Drosophila simulans and D. sechellia are sibling species, the former cosmopolitan and the latter restricted to the Seychelles… 
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