Genomes from historical Drosophila melanogaster specimens illuminate adaptive and demographic changes across more than 200 years of evolution.

The ability to perform genomic sequencing on long-dead organisms is opening new frontiers in evolutionary research. These opportunities are especially notable in the case of museum collections, from which countless documented specimens may now be suitable for genomic analysis-if data of sufficient q...

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Main Authors: Max Shpak, Hamid R Ghanavi, Jeremy D Lange, John E Pool, Marcus C Stensmyr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-10-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002333&type=printable