Selfish genetic elements and speciation

Heredity

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-8

  Hurst, Gregory D D ^a,b   Schilthuizen, Menno ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Genetics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Medea; Meiotic drive; Postzygotic isolation; Speciation; Transposable element; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

POSTZYGOTIC ISOLATION; SELFISH GENETCI ELEMENTS; SPECIATION;

WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0031936380     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6883370     Document Type: Article

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