The interspecific origin of B chromosomes: Experimental evidence

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1069-1073

  Perfectti, Francisco ^a,b   Werren, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

B chromosome evolution; Interspecific hybrids; Mitotic instability; Nasonia vitripennis

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; GAMETOGENESIS; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PERSISTENCE; PHENOTYPE; WILD RELATIVE;

NASONIA GIRAULTI; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS;

EID: 0034974896     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00624.x     Document Type: Article

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