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Sex-biased mortality associated with inbreeding in Drosophila melanogaster

BACKGROUND: One proposed consequence of inbreeding is a skewed sex ratio arising from sex specific mortality in the homogametic sex caused by inbreeding on the sex chromosome. However, recent work suggests that random distortions in sex ratio due to autosomal inbreeding may be of greater importance....

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Autores principales: Robinson, Stephen P, Simmons, Leigh W, Kennington, W Jason
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4234498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24636623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-14-51