Article
Migration load in males and females.
Theoretical population biology - 1 Sept 2006
Hu Xin-Sheng
Abstract excerpt
Many theories have been proposed for interpreting the relative sexual mortalities in natural populations, but the effects of maladaptive genes from migrants on sexual mortality have not been examined. In this study, I systematically explore the properties of migration load in dioecious plants where gender dimorphism is determined by sex chromosomes (the XX-XY or similar system). Two stages of gene flow (pollen...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
