A High Frequency of Male Determining Factors in Male Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) from Ipswich, Australia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-172

  Hamm, R L ^a   Scott, J G ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENDER AND SEX; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOUSE FLY; MALE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; GENOTYPE; HOUSEFLIES; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); Y CHROMOSOME;

DIPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 59149087279     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0121     Document Type: Article

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