Segregation ratios within Segregation Distorter lines of Drosophila melanogaster conform to a beta-binomial distribution.

doi:10.1017/s0016672300025489

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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

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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 ob...

Topics

Animals
Chromosomes
Drosophila melanogaster
Genes
Male
Meiosis
Models, Genetic
Models, Statistical
Phenotype

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