Sex-related genes, directional sexual selection, and speciation

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 901-909

  Civetta, Alberto ^a,b   Singh, Rama S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Sex genes; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE STERILITY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031829657     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025994     Document Type: Article

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