Female-driven mechanisms, ejaculate size and quality contribute to the lower fertility of <it>sex-ratio </it>distorter males in <it>Drosophila simulans</it>

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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Main Authors: Montchamp-Moreau Catherine, Angelard Caroline, Joly Dominique
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/326

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