FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SELECTION AT THE LAP LOCUS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

1 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506

Results of fitness estimates for the Lap locus in Drosophila melanogaster revealed that under crowded media conditions gene frequency equilibrium was maintained by frequency-dependent selection. Evidence was obtained that indicated that mating and egg-to-adult viability were frequency dependent.

Submitted on March 14, 1978
Revised on June 5, 1978