Genomic conflict in scale insects: The causes and consequences of Bizarre genetic systems

Biological Reviews

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 807-828

  Ross, Laura ^a,b   Pen, Ido ^a   Shuker, David M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coccoidea; Endosymbiont; Genetic system; Genomic conflict; Scale insect; Sex allocation; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; HEMIPTERA; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLOIDY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENOME, INSECT; HEMIPTERA; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PLOIDIES; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX RATIO;

COCCOIDEA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78650411644     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00127.x     Document Type: Review

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