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When does the female bias arise? Insights from the sex determination cascade of a flea beetle with a strongly skewed sex ratio

Reproduction-manipulating bacteria like Wolbachia can shift sex ratios in insects towards females, but skewed sex ratios may also arise from genetic conflicts. The flea beetle Altica lythri harbors three main mtDNA strains that are coupled to three different Wolbachia infections. Depending on the mt...

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Autores principales: Rohlfing, Kim, Yue, Lennart, Franke, Sebastian, Zeng, Cen, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Dobler, Susanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10066108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37000335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10142-023-01023-1