Invasion and fixation of sex-reversal genes

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 913-920

  Vuilleumier, Séverine ^a,b   Lande, R ^c   Van Alphen, J J M ^d   Seehausen, O ^a,e  

^a Eawag Ecology Centre   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fixation; Heterogametic sex; Individual selection; Interdeme selection; Meta population; Sex chromosomes; Sex reversal gene; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GENE; GENETIC DRIFT; INVASIVE SPECIES; METAPOPULATION; MUTATION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX REVERSAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO;

EID: 34247510042     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01311.x     Document Type: Article

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