No evidence that temperature-related fertility differences influence the distribution of a selfish genetic element

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 657-665

  Price, Thomas A R ^a,b   Hoskyns, Robin C ^a   Rapley, Hannah ^a   Evans, Julian C ^a   Wedell, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila pseudoobscura; Ejaculate size; Fertility; Mating rate; Meiotic drive; Selfish genetic elements

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CLINE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FERTILITY; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA;

EID: 84861233453     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01971.x     Document Type: Article

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