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A high frequency of male determining factors in male Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) from Ipswich, Australia.
Journal of medical entomology - 1 Jan 2009
Hamm R L, Scott J G
Abstract excerpt
The male sex determining factor (M) in the house fly is linked to the Y chromosome in the ancestral condition, but can also be linked to another chromosome (I-V or X). However, descriptions of the linkage and frequency of M factors in different populations throughout the world are vastly incomplete. We collected house flies from a dairy in Ipswich, Australia, and determined that M was linked to chromosomes II,...
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