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Invasion and fixation of sex-reversal genes.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 May 2007
Vuilleumier S, Lande R, VAN Alphen J J M, Seehausen O
Abstract excerpt
We simulated a meta-population with random dispersal among demes but local mating within demes to investigate conditions under which a dominant female-determining gene W, with no individual selection advantage, can invade and become fixed in females, changing the population from male to female heterogamety. Starting with one mutant W in a single deme, the interaction of sex ratio selection and random genetic...
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