Medea selfish genetic elements as tools for altering traits of wild populations: A theoretical analysis

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1149-1162

  Ward, Catherine M ^a   Su, Jessica T ^a   Huang, Yunxin ^b,c   Lloyd, Alun L ^b   Gould, Fred ^b   Hay, Bruce A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dengue; Introgression; Malaria; Maternal effect; Mosquito; Population replacement

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FITNESS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTROGRESSION; MALARIA; MATERNAL EFFECT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOSQUITO; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79953311871     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01186.x     Document Type: Article

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