Meiotic drive adaptive testes enlargement during early development in the stalk-eyed fly

The sex ratio (SR) X-linked meiotic drive system in stalk-eyed flies destroys Y-bearing sperm. Unlike other SR systems, drive males do not suffer fertility loss. They have greatly enlarged testes which compensate for gamete killing. We predicted that enlarged testes arise from extended development w...

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Autores principales: Bradshaw, Sasha L., Meade, Lara, Tarlton-Weatherall, Jessica, Pomiankowski, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2022
Materias:
Evolutionary Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9709577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36448294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0352

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9709577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36448294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0352

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