Changes in the frequency of YM versus IIIM in the housefly, Musca domestica L., under field and laboratory conditions

Genetics Research

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 493-498

  Hamm, Ronda L ^a   Scott, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSE FLY; INSECT GENETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; UNITED STATES; Y CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; GENDER AND SEX; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LABORATORY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX RATIO; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

MUSCA DOMESTICA;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; ECOSYSTEM; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HOUSEFLIES; LABORATORIES; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 63449113493     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672308009853     Document Type: Article

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