Article
Autosomal suppressors of sex-ratio in Drosophila mediopunctata.
Heredity - 1 Nov 1993
de Carvalho A B, Klaczko L B
Abstract excerpt
The sex-ratio trait has been described as the production of progenies with excess of females due to X-linked meiotic drive in the parental males. This trait has a variable expression in Drosophila mediopunctata. We describe here the existence and chromosomal localization of autosomal suppressors of sex-ratio in this species. There are at least four such genes (one on each major autosome) and the strongest effect...
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