Genetics of sex determination in the haplodiploid wasp Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-339

  Beukeboom, Leo W ^a   van de Zande, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

doublesex; Hymenoptera; imprinting; Nasonia; sex specific splicing; transformer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; MALE; MUTATION; REVIEW; WASP;

ANIMALS; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; HAPLOIDY; MALE; MUTATION; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; WASPS;

CHALCIDOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; NASONIA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS;

EID: 78349239989     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 09737731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-010-0045-7     Document Type: Review

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