Characterization of a reproductive isolation gene, zygotic hybrid rescue, of Drosophila melanogaster by using minichromosomes

Heredity

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-103

  Sawamura, Kyoichi ^a,c   Yamamoto, Masa Toshi ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Heterochromatin; Hybrid inviability; Minichromosome; Reproductive isolation; Zygotic hybrid rescue

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MAURITIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030760166     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.127     Document Type: Article

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