Heritability of sexual proportion in experimental sex-ratio populations of Drosophila mediopunctata

Heredity

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 104-112

  Varandas, Flavia Roque ^a   Sampaio, Michelle Cristina ^a   Carvalho, Antonio Bernardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drosophila mediopunctata; Evolution of sexual proportion; Fisher's Principle; Heritability; Meiotic drive; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL SUPPRESSOR; MEIOTIC DRIVE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MEDIOPUNCTATA; DROSOPHILIDAE; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0030822912     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.128     Document Type: Article

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