Population genetics of sex determination in Mytilus mussels: Reanalyses and a model

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 380-385

  Yusa, Yoichi ^a   Breton, Sophie ^b   Hoeh, Walter R ^c  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bivalves; blue mussel; DUI; mitochondria; Mytilus; sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; FATHER; FEMALE; GRANDPARENT; HISTOGRAM; INHERITANCE; MALE; MOTHER; MYTILUS; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SRY GENE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MYTILUS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX RATIO;

BIVALVIA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 84876257266     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/est014     Document Type: Article

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