Top Banner
PIGMENTATION DIVERSITY WITHIN AND BETWEEN DROSOPHILA POPULATIONS Keighley Reisenauer
5

Pool_Research- Fall Presentation

Apr 14, 2017

Download

Documents

Welcome message from author
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Page 1: Pool_Research- Fall Presentation

PIGMENTATION DIVERSITY WITHIN AND BETWEEN DROSOPHILA

POPULATIONS

Keighley Reisenauer

Page 2: Pool_Research- Fall Presentation

Background Drosophila melanogaster Population genetics

Genetic variation Natural selection

Population size change

Migration events

Big picture:MUTATIONS

Page 3: Pool_Research- Fall Presentation

Methods

5-9 days: discard parents

10-11 days: check offspring

12-15 days: collect offspring

14-17 days: photograph

Page 4: Pool_Research- Fall Presentation

Future Work

Tolerance?

Page 5: Pool_Research- Fall Presentation

Acknowledgements

John PoolAssistant Professor,

Department of GeneticsPrimary Investigator, Mentor