Does polyandry control population sex ratio via regulation of a selfish gene?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1783, 2014, Pages

  Price, Tom A R ^a,e   Bretman, Amanda ^b   Gradilla, Ana C ^a,c   Reger, Julia ^d   Taylor, Michelle L ^a   Giraldo Perez, Paulina ^e   Campbell, Amy ^e   Hurst, Gregory D D ^e   Wedell, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographical cline; Meiotic drive; Polyandry; Sex ratio distorter; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CLINE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLY; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; POLYANDRY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX RATIO;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BAT; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FLYING; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHIROPTERA; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MICE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902687958     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3259     Document Type: Article

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