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Genetic linkage between a sexually selected trait and X chromosome meiotic drive.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Oct 2005
Johns Philip M, Wolfenbarger L LaReesa, Wilkinson Gerald S
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies on the stalk-eyed fly, Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni, have shown that males with long eye-stalks win contests and are preferred by females, and artificial selection on male relative eye span alters brood sex-ratios. Subsequent theory proposes that X-linked meiotic drive can catalyse the evolution of mate preferences when drive is linked to ornament genes. Here we test this prediction by mapping meiotic...
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