Paternal inheritance of B chromosomes in a parthenogenetic hermaphrodite

Heredity

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 646-654

  Beukeboom, Leo W ^a   Seif, Miriam ^a   Mettenmeyer, Thomas ^a,b   Plowman, Amy B ^a,c   Michiels, Nicolaas K ^a  

^a Max Plank Inst F V   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asexuality; B chromosome; paternal inheritance; planarian; pseudogamous parthenogenesis; selfish DNA

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYCELIS NIGRA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0030447276     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1996.192     Document Type: Article

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