Biased transmission of sex chromosomes in the aphid Myzus persicae is not associated with reproductive mode.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116348

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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...

Topics

Animals
Aphids
Chromosomes, Insect
Female
Genes, X-Linked
Heterozygote
Male
Microsatellite Repeats
Mutation
Parthenogenesis
X Chromosome

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PMID: 25548924
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116348
PMCID: PMC4280197

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