Analysis of the sex ratio in Bradysia matogrossensis (Diptera, Sciaridae)

In sciarid flies, the control of sex determination and of the progeny sex ratio is exercised by the parental females, and is based on differential X-chromosome elimination in the initial stages of embryogenesis. In some species, the females produce unisexual progenies (monogenic females) while in ot...

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Main Authors: Lincoln S. Rocha, André Luiz P. Perondini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2000-03-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572000000100018