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Figure 4

From: Evolutionary experimentation through hybridization under laboratory condition in Drosophila: Evidence for Recombinational Speciation

Figure 4

Based on the DMR test, 18 members of the nasuta-albomicans complex of Drosophila are constructed into clusters and named in the hierarchical form from the lowest to the highest mean body weight in 2 days old flies. The members belonging to each clusters have insignificant differences. In males, Cytorace 8 formed an independent cluster, while all others with 7 overlapping clusters (Fig. 4a). In females, six clusters are recognised, of which, cluster 1 to 3 are clustered together while cluster 4 (C11 & C9) has formed an independent cluster. In addition to this, cluster 5 and 6 are also overlapped each other and independent from the other clusters (Fig. 4b). In both males and females, 5 clusters are recognised, of which, cluster 1 and 2 are overlapped with each other, while cluster 3 (C2, C11, and C4), cluster 4 (C13, C14, C7, C6 and C9) and cluster 5 (C8) are formed as independent clusters.

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