MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS OF THE DROSOPHILIDAE

摘要: The first response from other biologists to a statement of what we do as Drosophilidae systematists is, "Oh, you mean study Drosophila." Most will then add, "I thought that everything was already known about the evolution They are referring, course, tradition established in population, Mendelian, and quantitative genetics, speciation, studies selection natural populations, all by just one approximately 65 genera family, genus Drosophila. Columbia Group (Morgan, Muller, Bridges, Sturtevant) helped launch field modem genetics with their pioneering use Drosophila melanogaster, clarifying or discovering fundamental concepts such mutation, linkage, crossing over, sex-linked inheritance, linear arrangements genes on chromosomes. Their momentum carried them unprecedented discoveries into 1940s. In 1944, Bridges & Brehme provided some comprehensive treatments mutants. 1941 publication Dobzhansky's Genetics Origin Species (36) Mayr's Sys-