Levels of polymorphism on the sex-limited chromosome: A clue to Y from W?

BioEssays

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-167

  Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

BIRD; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FOWL; GAMETE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX LIMITATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX CHROMOSOMES; Y CHROMOSOME;

AVES;

EID: 0037322878     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10228     Document Type: Review

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