Meiotic drive by the Y-linked D gene in Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) is associated with disruption of spermiogenesis, leading to premature senescence of spermatozoa

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-243

  Owusu Daaku, K O ^a   Butler, R D ^a   Wood, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axoneme; Mitochondrial derivative; Mosquito; Restitution nucleus; Sex ratio; Spermatid; Spermatocyst; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISTORTER GENE; FLY; GAMETE; GENE; INSECT; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOCHONDRION; MOSQUITO; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENES, Y-LINKED; MALE; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 34249291931     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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