Telegony, the Sire Effect and non-Mendelian Inheritance Mediated by Spermatozoa: A Historical Overview and Modern Mechanistic Speculations

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 338-343

  Liu, Y S ^a  

^a HENAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 79952588277     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2010.01672.x     Document Type: Review

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