Polymorphism at a Sex-Linked Transcription Cofactor in European Tree Frogs (Hyla arborea): Sex-Antagonistic Selection or Neutral Processes?

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-213

  Dufresnes, Christophe ^a   Luquet, Emilien ^b   Plenet, Sandrine ^b   Stöck, Matthias ^a   Perrin, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Glutamine repeats; Hyla arborea; Population genetics; Sex chromosomes; Transcription cofactor MED15

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA ARBOREA;

EID: 79955616771     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-011-9114-y     Document Type: Article

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