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Segregation ratios within Segregation Distorter lines of Drosophila melanogaster conform to a beta-binomial distribution.
Genetical research - 1 Jun 1990
Sharp C B, Hilliker A J
Abstract excerpt
Segregation Distorter (SD) chromosomes are preferentially recovered from SD/SD+ males due to the dysfunction of sperm bearing the SD+ chromosome. The proportion of offspring bearing the SD chromosome is given the symbol k. The nature of the frequency distribution of k was examined by comparing observed k distributions produced by six different SD chromosomes, each with a different mean, with k distributions...
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