Properties and natural occurrence of maternal-effect selfish genes ('Medea' factors) in the Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 529-534

  Beeman, Richard W ^a   Friesen, Kenlee S ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal effect; Medea factor; Selfish gene; Tribolium

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE KNOCKOUT; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPIC VARIATION; INSECT GENETICS; NORTH AMERICA; SELFING; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 0033024214     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6885150     Document Type: Article

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