Maternally inherited male-killing microorganisms may confound interpretation of mitochondrial DNA variability

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 453-470

  Johnstone, Rufus A ^a   Hurst, Gregory D D ^a  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bottleneck; cytoplasmic symbion; genetic; mtDNA variability; phylogeography; selective sweep

Indexed keywords

SYMBION;

EID: 0029916030     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0047     Document Type: Article

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