The evolutionary dynamics of male-killers and their hosts

Male-killing bacteria are cytoplasmic sex-ratio distorters that are transmitted vertically through females of their insect hosts. The killing of male hosts by their bacteria is thought to be an adaptive bacterial trait because it augments the fitness of female hosts carrying clonal relatives of thos...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Heredity 2000-02, Vol.84 (2), p.152-160
Hauptverfasser:	Randerson, James P, Smith, Nicholas G C, Hurst, Laurence D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Bacteria - pathogenicity Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Cytogenetics Ecology Evolution, Molecular Evolutionary Biology Female Genotype Human Genetics Insecta - genetics Insecta - immunology Insecta - microbiology Male male‐killer Models, Genetic Models, Statistical original-article Plant Genetics and Genomics polymorphism Polymorphism, Genetic resistance genes Sex Factors sex‐ratio Space life sciences Time Factors
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