Inherited Male-Producing Factor in an Insect That Produces Its Males from Unfertilized Eggs
- 17 April 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 144 (3616) , 305-307
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.144.3616.305
Abstract
An inherited factor causing the normal sex ratio of 92 percent females to drop to about 5 percent has been produced by selective breeding in a laboratory strain of the arrhenotokous parasitic wasp Dahlbominus fuliginosus (Nees) (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae). The factor is known to be of genetic origin and is sex-limited, being transmitted by females to their sons. Its effect on the sex ratio is constant and not influenced by the female parent, the host, or the environment.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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