The butterfly Danaus chrysippus (L.) in East Africa comprises polyphyletic, sympatric lineages that are, despite behavioural isolation, driven to hybridization by female-biased sex ratios

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-131

  Lushai, Gugs ^a   Allen, John A ^a   Goulson, Dave ^a   Maclean, Norman ^a   Smith, David A S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heterozygote excess; Linkage disequilibrium; Male killing; Mitochondrial DNA; Non random mating; Nuclear DNA

Indexed keywords

HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

AMAURIS NIAVIUS; DANAUS (GENUS); DANAUS CHRYSIPPUS; DANAUS ERESIMUS; DANAUS GENUTIA; DANAUS GILIPPUS; PLEXIPPUS; SPIROPLASMA; TIRUMALA SEPTENTRIONIS;

EID: 20444433805     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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