Change in male secondary sexual characters in artificial interspecific hybrid populations.

doi:10.1073/pnas.91.14.6315

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Change in male secondary sexual characters in artificial interspecific hybrid populations.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Jul 1994

Carson H L, Val F C, Templeton A R

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The interfertile Hawaiian species Drosophila silvestris and Drosophila heteroneura were hybridized, forming reciprocal populations; the SH hybrid line was begun with D. silvestris female parents, and the HS hybrid line was begun with D. heteroneura female parents. Mass laboratory cultures were ma...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Crosses, Genetic
Drosophila
Female
Male
Phenotype
Reproduction
Sex Characteristics

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