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Estimation of allele numbers at the sex-determining locus in a field population of the turnip sawfly (Athalia rosae).
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Fujiwara Y, Akita K, Okumura W, Kodaka T, Tomioka K, Naito T
Abstract excerpt
Hymenopteran insects (sawflies, ants, bees, and wasps) have an unusual genetic system called haplodiploidy, where parthenogenetically produced haploid eggs become males, and fertilized, diploid eggs become females. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the mechanism of such sex determination, including control at a single polymorphic locus. From experiments of mother-son mating and using a genetic...
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