Age and sex-ratio expression inDrosophila mediopunctata
โ Scribed by A. B. Carvalho; L. B. Klaczko
- Book ID
- 104629460
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 303 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-6707
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โฆ Synopsis
The sex-ratio trait -production of progenies with excess of females due to X-linked meiotic drive in parental males -has a variable expression in Drosophila mediopunctata. We tested the effect of male age and found that aging increases the expression of sex-ratio, a fact relevant for the interpretation of field data and for experimental design.
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