Getz, Chonat Greer Louise2018-07-182018-07-181990https://hdl.handle.net/10539/25039A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.This thesis reports on the investigation of two genetic aspects of Southern African populations of Drosophila Melanogaster: the " family of transposable elements and the allelic variation present in several enzyme systems. (Abbreviation abstract)enDrosophila melanogaster -- Genetics.Molecular genetics.Arthropod populations -- Africa, Southern.Insects -- Geographical distribution.Biochemistry.Isoenzymes.Thesis