Research Paper Volume 6, Issue 1 pp 58—69

Indy gene variation in natural populations confers fitness advantage and life span extension through transposon insertion

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Figure 2. Hoppel insertion in Indy is associated with a reproductive advantage.

Accumulative number of eggs laid per female for each of the three Hoppel genotypes representing genomes with either no copies of Hoppel in Indy (−/−; in black), one copy of Hoppel in Indy (+/−; in red) or two copies of Hoppel in Indy (+/+; in green), isolated from three different populations collected from distant places or times from the wild (Oahu, Hawaii 1955, Captain Cook, Hawaii 2007 and Hidalgo, Mexico 2005).