Unreduced gametes: Meiotic mishap or evolutionary mechanism?

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-10

  Mason, Annaliese S ^a   Pires, J Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid speciation; Meiosis; Polyploidy; Unreduced gametes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRID; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNREDUCED GAMETE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; INHERITANCE; METABOLISM;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GERM CELLS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MEIOSIS; POLYPLOIDY;

EID: 84920611600     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2014.09.011     Document Type: Review

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