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Biased transmission of sex chromosomes in the aphid Myzus persicae is not associated with reproductive mode.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Wilson Alex C C, Delgado Ryan N, Vorburger Christoph
Abstract excerpt
Commonly, a single aphid species exhibits a wide range of reproductive strategies including cyclical parthenogenesis and obligate parthenogenesis. Sex determination in aphids is chromosomal; females have two X chromosomes, while males have one. X chromosome elimination at male production is generally random, resulting in equal representation of both X chromosomes in sons. However, two studies have demonstrated...
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