Sex chromosome drive

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Helleu, Quentin ^a,b   GÉrard, Pierre R ^a,b   Montchamp Moreau, Catherine ^a,b  

^a France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIPTERA; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; RODENT; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; RODENTIA; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84922553385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a017616     Document Type: Article

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