PIGMENTATION DIVERSITY WITHIN AND BETWEEN DROSOPHILA POPULATIONS Keighley Reisenauer
PIGMENTATION DIVERSITY WITHIN AND BETWEEN DROSOPHILA
POPULATIONS
Keighley Reisenauer
Background Drosophila melanogaster Population genetics
Genetic variation Natural selection
Population size change
Migration events
Big picture:MUTATIONS
Methods
5-9 days: discard parents
10-11 days: check offspring
12-15 days: collect offspring
14-17 days: photograph
Future Work
Tolerance?
Acknowledgements
John PoolAssistant Professor,
Department of GeneticsPrimary Investigator, Mentor