Sex ratio selection and multi-factorial sex determination in the housefly: A dynamic model

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 879-888

  Kozielska, M ^a   Pen, I ^a   Beukeboom, L W ^a   Weissing, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Musca domestica; Sex determination; Sex ratio selection; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

FLY; NATURAL SELECTION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOUSE FLY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; ZYGOTE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOUSEFLIES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZYGOTE;

MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 33646479205     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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