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| Provedor de dados: |
RChHN
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| País: |
Chile
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| Título: |
Danko Brncic and the flower-flies
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| Autores: |
CARSON,HAMPTON L.
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| Data: |
2001-03-01
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| Ano: |
2001
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| Palavras-chave: |
Flower-breeding Drosophila
Genetic specialization
Ecology
Population genetics
Evolution
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| Resumo: |
This is a personal essay commemorating Brncic as a keen naturalist/evolutionist in the best Darwinian sense. His innate curiosity, so important in a scientist, led him to the discovery of cenain unique drosophilid flies in Chile. The life cycle of one species of flower-fly (Drosophila flavopilosa) is of special interest. Females oviposit in fresh flowers of a solanaceous plant that is widespread in Chilean valleys. Twenty years of combined ecological and genetic work, carried out on this species, pioneers the use of a highly specialized Drosophila species in the study of population genetics and evolution. Many eco-genetic features are revealed that are important supplements to observations made on the widely-studied generalist species of the genus
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| Tipo: |
Journal article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2001000000008
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| Editor: |
Sociedad de Biología de Chile
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Revista chilena de historia natural v.74 n.1 2001
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