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Female sterility in hybrids between Anopheles gambiae and A. arabiensis, and the causes of Haldane's rule.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 May 2005
Slotman Michel, Della Torre Alessandra, Powell Jeffrey R
Abstract excerpt
Although F1 female hybrids between Anopheles gambiae and A. arabiensis are fully fertile, sterility is present in backcross females. Here we report the results of a study into the genetic basis of backcross female sterility. Using 23 markers, we performed quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping analyses to identify chromosomal regions involved in hybrid female sterility. We found that female sterility in...
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