Population dynamics of A selfish B chromosome neutralized by the standard genome in the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis Plorans

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1030-1050

  Camacho, J P M ^a   Shaw, M W ^b   Lopez Leon M D ^a   Pardo, M C ^a   Cabrero, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B CHROMOSOME; EXTINCTION; GRASSHOPPER; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EYPREPOCNEMIS PLORANS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0030616727     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286037     Document Type: Article

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