Absence of single-locus complementary sex determination in the braconid wasps Asobara tabida and Alysia manducator

Heredity

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-36

  Beukeboom, Leo W ^a   Ellers, Jacintha ^a   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alysiinae; Arrhenotoky; Complementary sex determination; Diploid male; Haplodiploidy; Hymenoptera

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENE LOCUS; HAPLOIDY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; PHYLOGENY; SEX DIAGNOSIS; SINGLE LOCUS COMPLEMENTARY SEX DETERMINATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE; WASPS;

ALYSIA; ALYSIA MANDUCATOR; ALYSIINAE; ASOBARA TABIDA; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034064019     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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