Polymorphism and Predictability at the Alpha-glycerophosphate Dehydrogenase Locus in Colias Butterflies: Gradients in Allele Frequency Within Single Populations

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Journal Biochem Genet

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 1976 Jun 1

PMID 971290

Citations 7

Authors

G B Johnson

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Abstract

Heterozygosity at the alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase locus of five species of Colias butterflies is widespread in montane populations; alpine and lowland populations are not heterozygous. Within a single demographically characterized population of C. meadii where the population extends from alpine down into montane habitats, a marked cline in allele frequency is seen. Such within-population clines suggest the involvement of strong selection across the marked ecological interface. Thermal factors are the most likely causative agents, but associative overdominance is not excluded.

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