Museum Genomes Reveal Shift in European Fly Populations

PLOS

Genomes from 25 museum specimens of Drosophila melanogaster (some more than 200 years old) reveal that small populations occupying northern Europe gave way to well-connected fly populations across the continent, and also illuminate targets of recent selection, including genes that may have helped this species adapt to novel climates, viruses, and insecticides.

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