Diversity of sex-determining alleles in Bracon hebetor

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 282-291

  Heimpel, George E ^a,c   Antolin, Michael F ^b   Strand, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bracon hebetor; Complementary sex determination; Diploid males; Hymenoptera; Sex alleles; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DIPLOIDY; GENETIC DIVERSITY; HAPLOIDY; HETEROZYGOSITY; INSECT GENETICS; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

BRACON HEBETOR; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0032895949     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884810     Document Type: Article

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