The role of meiotic drive in hybrid male sterility

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1544, 2010, Pages 1265-1272

  McDermott, Shannon R ^a   Noor, Mohamed A F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodelling; Hybrid sterility; Meiotic drive; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; FECUNDITY; HYBRID; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); STERILITY;

EID: 77951551856     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0264     Document Type: Review

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