Geographic variation for wing shape in Drosophila serrata

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Geographic variation in wing shape in female Drosophila serrata was examined by characterizing isofemale strains from 19 localities collected along a transect on the eastern coast of Australia. Shape variation was analyzed by Procrustes superimposition of landmark data followed by canonical variate analysis. The first extracted canonical variate showed a nonlinear association with latitude and accounted for 43% of the variance. There was a sharp increase in this variate at low latitudes as well as a gradual increase at high latitudes. These shape changes were associated with two landmarks at the edge of the wing. There was also a linear change in wing aspect. The isofemale heritability for two measures of shape was around 30%. Allometric relationships were weak both between localities and among isofemale strains within localities. The possibility that wing shape parameters are under selection independent of wing size is discussed.

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Hoffmann, A. A., & Shirriffs, J. (2002). Geographic variation for wing shape in Drosophila serrata. Evolution, 56(5), 1068–1073. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01418.x

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