Alternative patterns of sex chromosome differentiation in Aedes aegypti (L)

Alternative patterns of sex chromosome differentiation in Aedes aegypti (L)

Abstract Background Some populations of West African Aedes aegypti, the dengue and zika vector, are reproductively incompatible; our earlier study showed that divergence and rearrangements of genes on chromosome 1, which bears the sex locus (M), may be involved. We also previously described a propos...

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Main Authors: Corey L. Campbell, Laura B. Dickson, Saul Lozano-Fuentes, Punita Juneja, Francis M. Jiggins, William C. Black
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
Population genetics
Arbovirus vector
Dimorphic traits
Genomics
Evolution of reproductive proteins
Sex determination
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-4348-4

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