Genetic variation for sex ratio traits within a natural population of a parasitic wasp, Nasonia vitripennis.

doi:10.1093/genetics/124.2.373

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Genetic variation for sex ratio traits within a natural population of a parasitic wasp, Nasonia vitripennis.

Genetics - 1 Feb 1990

Orzack S H, Parker E D

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By analyzing isofemale strains extracted from a natural population of Nasonia vitripennis, we detected variation for the sex ratios produced in fresh hosts (first sex ratios) and in previously parasitized hosts (second sex ratios). Under simple assumptions of population structure, this between-st...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Female
Genetic Variation
Hymenoptera
Sex Ratio
Wasps

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