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Linkage disequilibrium was detected between three polymorphic loci (octanol dehydrogenase, esterase-6 and pink) on 3rd chromosomes extracted from a population of Drosophila melanogaster. Over the chromosome segment of 12ยท4 centimorgans, the alleles at all three loci were not associated at random. Evidence is presented suggesting that the observed linkage disequilibria are maintained by selection.
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Birley, A. Multi-locus polymorphism and selection in a population of Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity 32, 122โ127 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1974.13
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