Female-driven mechanisms, ejaculate size and quality contribute to the lower fertility of <it>sex-ratio </it>distorter males in <it>Drosophila simulans</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Sex-ratio </it>meiotic drive refers to the preferential transmission of the X chromosome by XY males. The loss of Y-bearing sperm is caused by an X-linked distorter and results in female-biased progeny. The fertility...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/326 |