A study of ten families of transposable elements on X chromosomes from a population of Drosophila melanogaster

Genetical Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 113-125

  Charlesworth, Brian ^a   Lapid, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; MALE; TRANSPOSON; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0024746212     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672300028482     Document Type: Article

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