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Genetic polymorphism for factors capable of inducing female sterility have been discovered in two wild populations of Drosophila melanogaster. The polymorphisms exist both on the 2nd and 3rd (and possibility the X) chromosomes, and were detected by backcrossing chromosomes from the population into a multiply marked tester stock. The effect is only apparent in certain cytoplasms.
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Kearsey, M., Williams, W., Allen, P. et al. Polymorphism for chromosomes capable of inducing female sterility in Drosophila. Heredity 38, 109–115 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1977.12
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