Selfish genes in a social insect

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 434-435

  Hurst, G D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALTRUISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; DOMINANT LETHAL MUTANT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROSIS; INSECT; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLEIOTROPY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0031766468     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01479-7     Document Type: Article

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